Goonhub
05-22-2015, 12:46 PM
Actually, according to how physics work, jumping from the shuttle would actually mean... nothing.
You're already moving at at the speed of the shuttle. Movement is relative to what you base as its reference point. If you jumped from a moving space shuttle, you'd only drift away in the direction and magnitude of the force you used to jump from the shuttle.
However, there's a catch. First, if the shuttle's moving so fast that the stars in the background intentionally appear to be moving (That is, the star tiles are animated to be moving, as opposed to moving by a tile holding an static image.), then that means you are moving at at least several times the speed of light, or is moving in something akin to a alcubierre drive. (A "bubble" surrounded by warped space.) Basically, either situation would horribly fuck with someone outside of the shuttle.
In short, the most realistic answers for someone jumping from the shuttle would be: A: They can float around the shuttle as if nothing was happening; or B: They fucking gib.
You're already moving at at the speed of the shuttle. Movement is relative to what you base as its reference point. If you jumped from a moving space shuttle, you'd only drift away in the direction and magnitude of the force you used to jump from the shuttle.
However, there's a catch. First, if the shuttle's moving so fast that the stars in the background intentionally appear to be moving (That is, the star tiles are animated to be moving, as opposed to moving by a tile holding an static image.), then that means you are moving at at least several times the speed of light, or is moving in something akin to a alcubierre drive. (A "bubble" surrounded by warped space.) Basically, either situation would horribly fuck with someone outside of the shuttle.
In short, the most realistic answers for someone jumping from the shuttle would be: A: They can float around the shuttle as if nothing was happening; or B: They fucking gib.