Suppose you are in the Space Shuttle in orbit around Earth at a speed of 7 km/s,and at some particular time your direction of travel is straight toward the Sun.The speed of light in a vacuum is 300,000 km/s.What speed will you measure for light from the Sun?
A) 300,007 km/s because your speed is added to that of the light
B) 300,014 km/s because your speed is added to that of the light, and relativistic contraction has shortened the meterstick used in the measurement of the speed of the light
C) 300,007 km/s because relativistic contraction has shortened the meterstick with which you measure the distance traveled by the light in order to measure its speed
D) 300,000 km/s
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