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DaveC426913
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Many short story ideas I have involve space travel. I'm looking at the Lorentz transform formula and scratching my head.
Is there a relatively straightforward way to use the time dilation formulae and calculate subjective travel times for space travel?
Presume a spaceship accelerates at a=1g for the first half of its trip, and a=-1g for the second half, to stop at its destination. If the distance to its destination is d light years, how long does the trip take subjectively and how long does the trip take from stationary observer's PoV?
OK, now what if I change a to, say, 2g?
Is there a relatively straightforward way to use the time dilation formulae and calculate subjective travel times for space travel?
Presume a spaceship accelerates at a=1g for the first half of its trip, and a=-1g for the second half, to stop at its destination. If the distance to its destination is d light years, how long does the trip take subjectively and how long does the trip take from stationary observer's PoV?
OK, now what if I change a to, say, 2g?