May 22, 2007
#265: Choices: Part 2 explain
[Cueball is doing some exercises in a book. The clock on the wall says 12:50.]
Chapter 15: Special Relativity
Problem 1:
Two spacecraft transmit messages to each other while passing at constant velocities of…
Cueball: sigh
Meanwhile:
[Megan in a bubble and a spacecraft are moving towards each other. Each one has a velocity vector drawn before themselves, each showing a velocity of 0.2c.]
[They pass each other.]
Spacecraft: We observe your speed to be 38.5%c, and your time is passing at 92.3% the rate of ours. Does this mirror your observations?
Megan: Please help me. I think I’m lost.
[They continue with the same velocity vectors. Megan is looking back at the spacecraft.]