What will happen to time if we travel away from Earth at 0.9999c?

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Give me a cookie: again, we observe time dilation on a constant basis with GPS satellites. GPS satellite clocks are extremely precise and prior to launch their clocks are adjusted to tick at a different rate than ground-based clocks - they keep bad time when sitting on the ground. But once in orbit, the clocks stay synchronized with ground-based clocks.

There are lots and lots of other experiments that demonstrate time dilation - your ignorance of them doesn't make them go away. Educate yourself! You are allowing your preconceptions to create twisted logic that is leading you in the wrong direction.
 
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mcgraw_wv said:
My logic is that now, wait now, no now, can not be retained, or looked at, its gone, now, now, no now! see if something is moving slower than it wouldn't be HERE... I couldn't see it, I couldn't touch it, because now is now, the same as on anything going .9999c now is right now...

the only thing that makes things look as though they happen at different times, is light and distance. if something moves slower through time it ceases to exist. and it easy to call me dumb, disprove that and Ill give you a cookie.

Your logic is based on a misconception about the nature of time.
 

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