Anothers Name

Carl E. Anderson canders at WJH.HARVARD.EDU
Fri Sep 15 13:19:17 EDT 1995


> > >         As I understood it, he left his real girlfriend on
> > > earth to fly a space mission.  Due to the relativistic time dilation
> > > effect which he incurred, she would have been old when he returned
> > > to earth while he would still be the same age.
> >
> > I don't understand this.  Surely, all the girl had to do was wait
> > until she was old enough to sign her own medical consent forms to be
> > frozen?
>
> Yeah, I'd always thought that was the bug in the idea.

        Yeah, but you know how it is ... she probably found a new boyfriend
as soon as the guy left ....

Cheers,
Carl



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