Re: Proposal: How to deal with Spaceman

From: Spaceman (Spaceman_at_realspaceman.com)
Date: 07/19/04 

Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 00:59:43 GMT

"Gregory L. Hansen" <glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote in message
news:cdf4c1$vun$1@hood.uits.indiana.edu...
> In article <O%BKc.90479$WX.1751@attbi_s51>,
> Spaceman <Spaceman@realspaceman.com> wrote:
> >"Gregory L. Hansen" <glhansen@steel.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote in message
> >news:cdepbm$skt$3@hood.uits.indiana.edu...
> >> The Lorentz transformations transform between reference frames. From
> >> frame A, for any frame B you can transform to, there is an inverse
> >> transformation back to frame A.
> >
> >So,
> >Along this space highway in the future, there are 2 vehicles heading in
> >opposite directions
> >(X and Y) as they pass each other at point A, there speed with reference
> >to Point A is 3/4c ,
> >What is the seperation speed and how would one ship view the other?
>
> I'll pass. You can pick your fight with someone else.

Thanks, but there is no fight.
BTW
The seperation speed is 1.5c,
and one ship would never be able to see the other ship
at all, once passed since light can not travel that fast.

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