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I just want to be sure I understand this correctly:
Suppose there's a long spaceship moving in uniform motion relative to me (an inertial frame). Now someone in the front* of the spaceship calls someone (on the phone) in the back of the spaceship.
*(this long length of the ship is oriented along the relative motion; front and back are then as you would think.)
So then special relativity says that if the spaceship is long enough and moving fast enough (rather, if the product is large enough) then I will see the person at the back answer the phone call before I see the person at the front make the call?
Suppose there's a long spaceship moving in uniform motion relative to me (an inertial frame). Now someone in the front* of the spaceship calls someone (on the phone) in the back of the spaceship.
*(this long length of the ship is oriented along the relative motion; front and back are then as you would think.)
So then special relativity says that if the spaceship is long enough and moving fast enough (rather, if the product is large enough) then I will see the person at the back answer the phone call before I see the person at the front make the call?