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03.19.2007 at 07:19AM PDT, ID: 22457981
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Strange relativistic/acceleration/light speed problem

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Tags: light, speed, acceleration

I once read that:

If an object is forever accelerating, and has a great enough head start, then a beam of light which is shot in it’s direction will never reach it.

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