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Re:The Future of Humanity with Elon Musk: Interview by Neil ... by rs232 on Monday March 23, 2015 @11:19AM (#9251357)
Time would only slow seen from their perspective. You would still experience 10000 years of travel time.

There is no way to live longer by traveling fast.

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Re:The Future of Humanity with Elon Musk: Interview by Neil ... by simonh on Monday March 23, 2015 @11:28AM (#9251400)
Sorry, but that's wrong. The person in the ship would experience a shorter journey than would be measured by external observers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_paradox

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