With the Libyan coast fast approaching now, Walt asks me for the third time, if I think the jet will get to the speed and altitude we want in time.

我们正迅速靠近利比亚海岸线，沃尔特第三次问我能否在预定时间到达指定速度和高度。

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Kirk, Spock and the rest of the crew would die within a second of the USS Enterprise approaching the speed of light.

柯克、斯波克还有其他船员都会在企业号接近光速的一秒内死去。

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That's doable in theory, because special relativity states that time slows down and distances shrink for travelers approaching light speed.

这在理论上是可行的，应为按照狭义相对论，旅行者在接近光速时，时间会变慢，距离也会缩短。

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