It's not about time dilation, I realize now it's possible due to the length actually contracting. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/28-3-length

It's not about time dilation, I realize now it's possible due to the length actually contracting. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/28-3-length-contraction/ https://courses.lumenlearning.com/physics/chapter/28-3-lengt... If it didn't you'd still need to pass through 10,000 ly of space and if you were going at slower than the speed of light it would still appear in your frame of reference to be > 10,000 years. But contraction removes that limit and shortens the distance.