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Space/Science » in reply to Relativity question

Peter is right

and so are the sci fi novels .. it will take just over 5 years by our reckoning, but time onboard the spaceship (in its 'frame of reference') will pass only by a few moments.

Say you were travelling AT the speed of light .. then for you, the journey would be instantaneous, whereas for us groundhogs any light signal still takes X years to travel X light-years ..

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