time travel with speed

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Temporal Novice
What happens if we put a insect that usually lives only a very short time to a device that travels as fast as possible that the insect can handle for as long as possible, will it survive longer than it's relatives living the usual way?
 
What happens if we put a insect that usually lives only a very short time to a device that travels as fast as possible that the insect can handle for as long as possible, will it survive longer than it's relatives living the usual way?
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Yes and no.

Those back home will see the traveller's time slow down. So relative to them.....he will live longer. BUT......within his own space ship he won't notice any change at all. If he lived for one day normally, he will live for one day within the space ship.

That is why the science is called relativity.
 
Smint,

Twilight is spot on. The bug would appear to live longer from the perspective of the "at rest" observer. But for the poor bug, his proper time (time as measured by his own clock, not as measured by the observer's clock) will tick on at the normal rate. Life expectancy one day - live one day from the bug's perspective.
 
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