Einstein’s theories may have doomed us to the solar system—general and special relativity keeps us grounded.
These models must be discarded if there is to be any hope of interstellar travel.
Fun fact? Light is the universal speed limit for objects moving through space, but space itself can stretch faster than light because it’s not bound by motion—it’s the stage, not the actors.
The actual curse of Einstein’s General Relativity is that every attempt to do the maths differently ends up either disagreeing with observations (thus it’s wrong) or becomes a version of Einstein’s equations written in a different way. But, people keep trying and failing.
Black holes defy Einstein and break physics—understanding them could unlock interstellar travel. If they bend the rules, maybe we can too.
Gravitational time dilation - Wikipedia
Just spit balling here because this is way out of my league. But I do have an interest in the subject.
Would a gravity drive solve a lot of the problems we don’t understand yet?