Clocks On The Space Shuttle

[sam1967]

I just read that the clocks on board the space shuttle go more slowly than the clocks on earth.
does that mean time has speeded up for those on the shutte or slowed down ?
i reckon it means time has slowed down. if they stayed up for a year by their clocks then by our clocks more than a year will have passed.

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Is this a question, or statment?

[sam1967]

it was a question as I am really not sure.

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Originally posted by sam1967
it was a question as I am really not sure. So maybe you would want to type in the words "time dilation" into the search feature, (in these forums) look in titles, or threads, and you will find some 'stuff' to help you start building knowledge towards understanding the how and why of that...stuff.... O.K.?

[russ_watters]

The speed of the space shuttle causes the clocks to slow down relative to a clock on earh. The altitude (reduced gravitational force) causes the clocks to speed up. The net effec is that the clocks (time) go faster in space than on earth.

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Originally posted by russ_watters
The speed of the space shuttle causes the clocks to slow down relative to a clock on earh. The altitude (reduced gravitational force) causes the clocks to speed up. The net effec is that the clocks (time) go faster in space than on earth. And hence the relativisation of light's speed(?)

[Phobos]

Mr. Robin Parsons - Your second post was uncalled for. There was nothing wrong with the question. Yes, sam1967 could have used the search feature to find some similar topic...but give a new member a break. I'd rather see repeated discussions than rude responses.

[franznietzsche]

Originally posted by Mr. Robin Parsons
And hence the relativisation of light's speed(?)

no, the relativisation of time

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

Originally posted by Phobos
Mr. Robin Parsons - Your second post was uncalled for. There was nothing wrong with the question. Yes, sam1967 could have used the search feature to find some similar topic...but give a new member a break. I'd rather see repeated discussions than rude responses. O.K. but I was trying something trying to see if I could help, the rude part, is, perhaps, not as much there, as you might think...But I would apologise to sam1967 if they were, what? "off-ended" by my, well, thought....Sorry sam1967, didn't intend, or mean to be 'rude' just wondered if newbies even looked in the search features, they are rich... My Opinion... [a)]

[Phobos]

thanks [:))]

[Mr. Robin Parsons]

[a)] No Problemo [a)]

[just board]

You might be incorrect, the clocks on the shuttle are not your wind up clocks next to your bed.
They are digital and atomically. gravity does not effect the mechanics of the clock because there are no gears, weights,springs in it.

[HallsofIvy]

You noticed, didn't you, that this thread was 7 years old?