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Old 06.11.2010, 08:52 AM   #85
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Originally Posted by akprodr
Not true. They did an experiment using clocks: one ground based and one on a commericial style jet (prob 707 or something). With very sensitive clocks, they could measure that time went slower for the jet or vise versa.

With an equally sensitive mass measuring device, they probably could have measured that too.

That is for time-dilation, not mass increase through relativistic speed acceleration.
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