Guest guest Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 , You wrote: > > ...[where acceleration is brief, and ignored]. > Of course, a " brief " acceleration to relativistic speed will squash your thyroid like a bug on the windscreen, so the moving twin will also need at least some sort of medication on returning. That is why just using impulse engines to accelerate to 1/4 light speed on Star Trek required inertial dampeners ... to keep everyone euthyroid. Chuck P.S. This is the subject I've been teaching the last two weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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