Anothers Name

[M Holmes]

Carl E. Anderson writes:

> > > >         As I understood it, he left his real girlfriend on
> > > > earth to fly a space mission.  Due to the relativistic time dilation
> > > > effect which he incurred, she would have been old when he returned
> > > > to earth while he would still be the same age.
> > >
> > > I don't understand this.  Surely, all the girl had to do was wait
> > > until she was old enough to sign her own medical consent forms to be
> > > frozen?
> >
> > Yeah, I'd always thought that was the bug in the idea.
>
>         Yeah, but you know how it is ... she probably found a new boyfriend
> as soon as the guy left ....

If it'd been me, she'd have found a new boyfriend and the android
replica would have run away with the ship's AI.

> Carl

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