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JuggyJugs
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Hello all,
I am new to the Forum and have no formal Physics training. I have an interest in the subject mainly due to other pursuits.
I am reading Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Time Dilation or Humans vs Aliens at war.
Here's a snippet from Wikipedia
The last part gets to my questions.
If I go from Earth to planet xyz at x speed that gets me there in a reasonable time, say 6 months, will I probably experience a fair amount of time dilation, let's say 20 years? When I arrive i am told to wait for more of my people to arrive on another ship that left 3 months after I did.
I can't really wrap my head around this part, which is funny because I am creating this scenario.
Do they arrive in 3 months or in 20 years?
I am new to the Forum and have no formal Physics training. I have an interest in the subject mainly due to other pursuits.
I am reading Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone with an interest in Time Dilation or Humans vs Aliens at war.
Here's a snippet from Wikipedia
The Forever War is a 1974 science fiction novel by Joe Haldeman. It won the Nebula Award in 1975,[1] and both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 1976.[2] An action-laden and contemplative story of an interstellar war between humanity and the enigmatic Tauran species, it deals with themes like the inhumanity of war and bureaucracy, as well as with the results of time dilation space travel which may cause a soldier to return to his home after centuries have passed.
The last part gets to my questions.
If I go from Earth to planet xyz at x speed that gets me there in a reasonable time, say 6 months, will I probably experience a fair amount of time dilation, let's say 20 years? When I arrive i am told to wait for more of my people to arrive on another ship that left 3 months after I did.
I can't really wrap my head around this part, which is funny because I am creating this scenario.
Do they arrive in 3 months or in 20 years?