How Fast Can You Travel?

A car travels on the average of 60 mph whereas ancontrol flights manually with our own response
aircraft goes at about 750 mph. So the samesystems. We may need Artificial Intelligence to
distance takes different times of travel based on themonitor such high speed flights from the ground
speed of travel. Going by this it should be possible tostation.
cover a 1000 miles in 20 mins using technology thatOn the lighter side can we then go on travelling
travels at 5000 mph. If so what prevents us fromfaster and faster. Is there any limitation at all? Yes
inventing such technology.there is a limitation. We cannot go faster than the
A rocket requires a speed of 11.5 km/s to escapespeed of light. The speed of light is the speed
the gravitational force of attraction of the Earthsphotons take to reach the Earth from the Sun.
surface. Humans have been successfully transportedAccording to Albert Einstien no body be it a car or a
to space on rockets that go so fast. So what stopsrocket can go faster than the speed of light.
us from using such technology for earth flightsWell for all you know going at 5000 MPH is not so
between two cities.difficult. I personally think that it is possible to travel
One consideration is obviously the safety ofat 5000 MPH. We should see technology being
passengers who are travelling. Going faster than 750invented that will carry passengers from SFO to NY
mph may cause unrecoverable injuries to the body. Awithin 2 mins time and that too with adequate flight
second consideration it may not be possible tosafety measures in place as well.