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Relativity Question
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Date: 
Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:25:06 GMT
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If a ship travels for 5 light years at .5c, for whom will the trip take 10
years? The occupants or an observer outside the ship?

Jude



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  Re: Relativity Question
 
(...) heh. depending who you ask. for the dude in the ship, the _world_ is moving at .5c, and so the world is aging slower. (btw, it's not a 1/x ratio, I think it's closer to a 1/x^2, but highschool was a long time ago...). For the people on earth, (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.space)

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