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Is the 6 years measured in the time-frame of a passenger on the spacecraft, or as observed from Earth?
by michaelerule 5y ago
Is the 6 years measured in the time-frame of a passenger on the spacecraft, or as observed from Earth?
- Udo 5y agoAt 0.9c the relativistic time dilation is such that 2.3 days on Earth pass for every day shipboard time, meaning the crew would experience less than 4 years of travel in total: https://www.fourmilab.ch/cship/timedial.html https://www.fourmilab.ch/cship/timedial.html
- raxxorrax 5y agoSince we aren't too fast yet, it would basically be the same.