Length Contraction: You are a passenger on a spaceship. As the speed of the spaceship increases, you will observe
A. the length of your spaceship getting shorter.
B. the length of your spaceship getting longer.
C. the length of your spaceship is zero.
D. no change in the length of your spaceship.
Answer: D
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