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THE interesting exchange between Profs. H. Dingle and W. H. McCrea1 on the subject of relativity and space flight has now produced a minor ripple in the United States2. Whether this is a precursor of a new controversy or just a highly attenuated wave, only future observations will show.
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SINGER, S. Relativity and Space Travel. Nature 179, 977 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179977a0
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