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From: Jason Bright
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 00:00

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> Wait....Suppose the Earth (or any object) IS traveling at .9999c.  As
> you say, we would never know it.   BUT, if a jet is flying around the
> Earth toward the direction that the Earth is traveling through space,
> would the jet be doing the theoretically impossible??  Traveling FASTER
> than light??  Could this happen??

No.

You're assuming some sort of absolute frame of reference - which doesn't
exist.

> A better example...accelerate a gun to .9999c.  Then fire the gun...does
> the bullet break the light speed limitation (relative to a "stationary"
> observer)???

No.

You're thinking in terms of traditional/newtonian mechanics. When you start
to get near C relativistic effects start to come into play - mass increase,
time dilation, etc. Reality starts to divert from the newtonian.

A good example of the divergence is the 'Twins Paradox'.  

j

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From: "Jason Bright" <jason....@softimage.com>
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/12/13
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