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		NotYourLawyer on Feb 5, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Relativistic Spaceship The farther you get, the dimmer the laser gets. The faster you get, the less energy each photon has.

slow_typist on Feb 5, 2024 [–]

Note that the 2nd statement only applies because of the Doppler effect - energy of the photon is a function of its frequency.

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