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Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion

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From: anthonycx
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 00:00
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In <3s8m1k$r19@news.belwue.de>, hb3@aixterm5.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (Franz Lemmermeyer) writes:
>   In a similar vein: if you take a laser and let it rotate fast enough,
>   then its light cone will have a velocity faster than c out on the
>   moon. This does not contradict SR, because there is no physical
>   object moving with this velocity.

Not so, the light beam will always travel at the speed of light, Light beams do not
rotate, they travel in only 1 direction at at time.

Tony
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From: anthonycx@raleigh.ibm.com
Subject: Re: The Flat Earth? - Conclusion
Date: 1995/06/22
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