Re: The appearence of car wheels near the speed of light

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G <g...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> . . . does SRT's assumption that "mass increases a
>the speed of light is approached" allow an astronaut
>to measure how close to the speed of light he is
>getting by measuring how much fuel is used up to
>increase his speed by a certain amount?

Gerald L. O'Barr <globarr...@xxxxxxxxx> comments:
The theory (SR) supports the concept that any
inertial frame moving in the ether, once it correctly
sets up its clocks and rulers, appears (measures
things) as if they were in the frame at rest with
respect to the ether. To the extent that this is
correct, then you could not use your method to find
out one's absolute velocity. But to the best of my
knowledge, we have not tested all these things. And
so we do not really know these things until they are
tested.
Mass is one of the more interesting things, in SR,
because we find that transverse mass is not the same
as the mass in the direction of motion. This is one
reason why SR experts have tried so hard to redefine
mass. These experts would not have any problem in
LET, because in LET we allow both concepts of innate
properties and apparent properties (changes due to
just a change in perspective.) And for this reason,
we are at ease with all the changes and differences
that are seen, because we at least theoretically, can
separate out, in our minds, what might be real and
what is due to changes in the tools being used.
What is of value, in an LET approach, is that such
questions as you have asked above can be very
properly considered, and they should be. If we are
not even aware of the questions, then we are much
less likely of ever finding the answers.


Thanks for you comments.
Gerald L. O'Barr <globarr...@xxxxxxxxx>
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