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    What speed is needed for a spacecraft to travel 10 light-years in one year?

    Ok, forget primed and unprimed and just think of SR principles. The distance to the star in the Earth frame is 10 LY. However, in the spaceship's frame, the ruler used to measure that distance will be length contracted, so the astronauts will say that they are traveling a shorter distance...
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