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Is it possible, in principle, for you to travel to thecenter of the galaxy, which is 23,000ly away in your lifetime?Explain, using both time dilation and length contraction arguments.If your spaceship can go a maximum of v = 0.990c, will you make theone way trip in your lifetime? Let’s assume you have 80years.

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In context to time dilationMy lifetime of 80 yrs must be dilated by a factor where v speed of the spaceship 0990c and c is the speed oflightCalculating this factorGiven my lifetime in a rest frame or proper life time to beSo    See Answer
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