Time-Dilation Prove
20-Oct-87 02:29:00
Sb: #90196-Time-Dilation Prove
Fm: John Freeman 72437,2057
To: Ben Blish 72667,1341
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The question is whether macroscopic bodies exhibit the same relativistic
effects as subatomic and atomic particles. If so, then it will be quite some
time before anybody exceeds the sort of speeds achieved in modern accelerators,
with say a 1000 ton ship. Relativistic particles behave precisely according to
Einstein.