In Reply to: Re: Yeah, I believe it was evidence.... posted by TimTaylor on November 4, 2004 at 22:04:06:
i think the travel to Virgo sequence was demonstrating time contraction as theorized by Lorentz, etc. for objects traveling near lightspeed. So she "aged' much less rapidly than people on earth. The difference in "clock times" is evidenced by hours of blank tape. Note: Sagan originally was going to use a black hole as mechanism for Dr. Arroway's time travel until Kip Thorne at CalTech convinced him that wouldn't work, so "wormhole" was substituted.
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