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wiredmagazine on 17.04.2026 2:08 p.m. Weirdly, spaceships have no direct way to gauge their own speed. Luckily, we can use some physics tricks to figure it out. Read the full article: [https://www.wired.com/story/how-can-astronauts-tell-how-fast-theyre-going/](https://www.wired.com/story/how-can-astronauts-tell-how-fast-theyre-going/)
1_________________11 on 17.04.2026 2:12 p.m. Its all relative so you would need a way to track velocity relative to the object you are comparing your speed to. Lasers?
Portmanteau_that on 17.04.2026 2:14 p.m. Probably hard when not going a significant fraction of the speed of light. But at higher speeds, your going to get increasing radiation levels
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Weirdly, spaceships have no direct way to gauge their own speed. Luckily, we can use some physics tricks to figure it out.
Read the full article: [https://www.wired.com/story/how-can-astronauts-tell-how-fast-theyre-going/](https://www.wired.com/story/how-can-astronauts-tell-how-fast-theyre-going/)
Its all relative so you would need a way to track velocity relative to the object you are comparing your speed to. Lasers?
Probably hard when not going a significant fraction of the speed of light. But at higher speeds, your going to get increasing radiation levels