There are no valid inertial frames for an object moving at the speed of light.
Man, that is one weird concept to wrap one’s head around. In fact, I’m not even sure what it means, how to visualize it, my mind trying to “make out the gears that make the contraption work”, how do I make it let go of the classical physics it clings to?
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