A 30-Year-Old Astronaut Goes Off on a Long-Term Mission in a Spacecraft

question 96

Multiple Choice

A 30-year-old astronaut goes off on a long-term mission in a spacecraft that travels at speeds close to that of light.The mission lasts exactly 20 years as measured on Earth.Biologically speaking,at the end of the mission,the astronaut's age would be

• A)more than 50 years.
• B)exactly 50 years.
• C)less than 50 years.
• D)exactly 30 years.
• E)exactly 25 years.

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