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While I've got all the concepts of time dilation,the twin paradox and length contraction in my head, I still can't get my head around the fact of the following scenario,
Just imagine two rockets in space, moving away from each other in opposite directions at 0.95c or even just c,
in the reference frame of one rocket, wouldn't the other rocket be moving at a speed greater than the speed of light?
what is happening to the opposite moving rocket in one rockets reference frame?
is it getting younger? because of time dilation, wouldn't it turn out to be going back in time? and getting larger instead of contracting(or is it stretching negatively?)
help thanks
Just imagine two rockets in space, moving away from each other in opposite directions at 0.95c or even just c,
in the reference frame of one rocket, wouldn't the other rocket be moving at a speed greater than the speed of light?
what is happening to the opposite moving rocket in one rockets reference frame?
is it getting younger? because of time dilation, wouldn't it turn out to be going back in time? and getting larger instead of contracting(or is it stretching negatively?)
help thanks