加速减速：在从事星际相对论交通的游牧社会中，创新缩减的潜在悖论

IF 3.4 2区物理与天体物理 Q1 ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE

Acta Astronautica Pub Date : 2025-09-13 DOI:10.1016/j.actaastro.2025.09.023

Grzegorz Sadlok

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一个物体以接近真空中的光子(c)的相对论速度在空间中运动，就会经历时间膨胀——运动中的物体的时间流动减慢。这种现象使得在人的一生中穿越巨大的星际距离成为可能。如果没有工程上的限制，这可能为人类开启星际旅行。然而，时间膨胀使得维持一个社会的一致性具有挑战性。向游牧生活方式的社会转型被认为是解决这一问题的一个潜在方法。本文进一步探讨了这一观点，并推测了时间膨胀可能对星际游牧民族理论社会的创新速度产生的影响。这篇论文认为，游牧的生活方式实际上会抑制创新，导致这样一个社会落后于固定的文明。

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Speeding up slows down: A potential paradox of innovation curtailment in nomadic societies engaged in interstellar relativistic traffic

An object moving through space with a relativistic speed, close to that of a photon in a vacuum (

c

), experiences time dilation—the flow of time slows down for objects in motion. This phenomenon makes traversing huge interstellar distances possible within a human lifetime. If not for engineering limitations, this could open up interstellar travel for humanity. However, time dilation makes sustaining a society’s coherence challenging. A social transition toward a nomadic lifestyle has been offered as a potential solution to this problem. The paper further explores this idea and speculates on the impact that time dilation could have on the innovation rate of a theoretical society of interstellar nomads. The paper argues that a nomadic lifestyle would, in fact, curtail innovation, causing such a society to fall behind a stationary civilization.

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Acta Astronautica 工程技术-工程：宇航

CiteScore

7.20

自引率

22.90%

发文量

599

审稿时长

53 days

期刊介绍： Acta Astronautica is sponsored by the International Academy of Astronautics. Content is based on original contributions in all fields of basic, engineering, life and social space sciences and of space technology related to: The peaceful scientific exploration of space, Its exploitation for human welfare and progress, Conception, design, development and operation of space-borne and Earth-based systems, In addition to regular issues, the journal publishes selected proceedings of the annual International Astronautical Congress (IAC), transactions of the IAA and special issues on topics of current interest, such as microgravity, space station technology, geostationary orbits, and space economics. Other subject areas include satellite technology, space transportation and communications, space energy, power and propulsion, astrodynamics, extraterrestrial intelligence and Earth observations.