how come our space travelling speed is limited?

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To sum up, I understand fully that fuel is an issue, I’m talking theoretical.

In space there is little to no resistance because of how few particles floating about. But if you were always running and engine, pushing matter out behind you, youd have a constant acceleration. So it seems like we should be able to travel near speed of light (combining this constant acceleration with abusing gravity for slingshot maneuvers). Yet people always say nothing can travel the speed of light.

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If you have shitload of fuel and shitload of times you could get to near speed of light. But as you go faster in relativistic speeds, it requires MORE and more fuel to move just a little bit faster.

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