<p>From what popular science tells us, if I travel at close to the speed of light, I'd age slower.
So if I travel at 99% of SOL and travel the distance of one light year, for other people one year has passed. But for me, hardly any time has passed.</p>
<p>So - for me and my ship, we travelled one light year in very little time. If that is the case, then for me I travelled much faster than the speed of light!</p>
<p>How does that reconcile with the statement that nothing can exceed the speed of light?</p>

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It isn't the case. So no reconciliation needed. You travel at 99% like you said.
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# Faster than light?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-10-12)

From what popular science tells us, if I travel at close to the speed of light, I'd age slower.
So if I travel at 99% of SOL and travel the distance of one light year, for other people one year has passed. But for me, hardly any time has passed.

So - for me and my ship, we travelled one light year in very little time. If that is the case, then for me I travelled much faster than the speed of light!

How does that reconcile with the statement that nothing can exceed the speed of light?

**Tags:** light, speed, special-relativity

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: It isn't the case. So no reconciliation needed. You travel at 99% like you said.  

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