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Two rockets are each 1800 m long in their
rest frame. Rocket Orion, traveling at 0.80c
relative to the earth, is overtaking rocket
Sirius, which is poking along at a mere
0.60c
According to the crew on Sirius, how long
does Orion take to completely pass? That is,
how long is it from the instant the nose of
Orion is at the tail of Sirius until the tail of
Orion is at the nose of Sirius?

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