If I fire a gun while near light speed, will the bullet EXCEED light speed?

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[–]Canbot 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not a physicist but here is my understanding from what i have read. The additional energy input required to propel things faster is not linear. As you approach light speed the energy required goes to infinity. If you are near the speed of light and add more energy it will eventually just change the bullet into something else. Probably start by heating it into a plasma then do the things that happen in particle colliders.

[–]Zapped 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It was explained to me that the faster you move, the "heavier" things get. The mass of the bullet, like you said, would get harder to propel as you get to light speed.