re:Paradox from Relativity of Simultaneity?

From: mkolchins (mkolchins_at_comcast-dot-net.no-spam.invalid)
Date: 03/09/05 

Date: 8 Mar 2005 21:34:08 -0600

I just came up with another variation on this theme. I am assuming
that if the laws of physics are the same in all frames of reference
that includes the predictive abilities of SR. If we take my original
example of a spaceship passing an observer on earth at 0.8 c relative
to the earth frame of reference the earth observer will predict that
the spaceship observer will view the star to be closer than he
observes it to be but because the spaceship observer views his frame
of reference to be at rest and the earth to be moving he will predict
that the earth observer will view the star to be closer than he
observes it to be. What happened to the predictive powers of
relativity here? Is the earth observer right when he calculates the
that the spaceship observer will view the star to be closer and if so
is the spaceship observer also right when he calculates that the earth
observer will view the star to be closer? Are the predictive powers of
SR right in both frames of reference?

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