@freemo I still struggle with this

If a ship is travelling at the speed of light away from earth, as observed by earth, and it launches another ship which then accelerates to the speed of light relative to the original ship - how fast is it going as observed from earth?

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@M0YNG I think this was meant to be a reply on the original thread, can you make it there so my answer can be seen by others who are interested please?

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