The discussion centers on Einstein's Twin Paradox, specifically examining the age difference between two individuals, one on Earth and one traveling in a rocket at the speed of light. It is established that if the rocket's engines were to slow it down, the spaceman would age differently compared to the person on Earth, who continues to age normally. The concept of time dilation is emphasized, indicating that time effectively "freezes" for the traveler at light speed. The conversation highlights the importance of specifying the frame of reference when discussing age differences resulting from relativistic effects.
PREREQUISITESThis discussion is beneficial for physicists, students of relativity, and anyone interested in the implications of high-speed space travel on aging and time perception.
That isn't even close to being a coherent thought. Could you try again please? The one part that made any sense - the part about the rocket slowing down - is wrong. Rockets do not slow down in space without engines firing to slow them down.General_Relativity19 said:say the rocket had a engine, which produced to get the rocket to go at the speed of light but then it ran out of fuel and the rocket would slow down. what would be the age difference between them? say both were 24 one on Earth and one on return journey from a nearby star system.
russ_watters said:That isn't even close to being a coherent thought. Could you try again please? The one part that made any sense - the part about the rocket slowing down - is wrong. Rockets do not slow down in space without engines firing to slow them down.