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Old 16-February-2002, 11:19 AM
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On 2002-02-15 21:19, Phobos wrote:
Now if he was watching the clocks on Earth and the hands appeared to be moving slower throughout the trip, then how did the clocks on Earth end up showing times which were ahead of the times denoted by the clocks on board the spacecraft ?
That's why it's called a paradox, although it really isn't. Just seems counter-intuitive, I guess.

Twin paradox is my attempt at explaining it. And this, and this.