How do you know you're near the spped of light?

Subject: How do you know you're near the spped of light?

Date: Thu Sep 10 12:29:15 1998
Posted by Andrew Northrop
Grade level: undergrad
School: University of Minnesota Twin Cities
City: Brooklyn Park State/Province: Minnesota
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 905448555.Ph

Message:


At near-light speeds, one's mass is supposed to increase.  How does  
one travelling at such speeds know it.  What kind of effect on 
acceleration would this have?

Re: How do you know you're near the spped of light?

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