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Old 04-19-2008, 10:01 PM
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So what would happen, the rest of the world age and they don't? Would it take the same amount of time but just seem shorter to the people in it?
Pretty much. The astronauts would finish a journey that takes thousands of years without aging much, but time would go on normally on Earth. Meaning we would have a big send-off for the guys, but would never know if they actually made it to their destination thousands of light years away.
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