Suppose intelligent life discovered on a planet orbiting a star 5 light years aw
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Suppose intelligent life discovered on a planet orbiting a star 5 light years away from the sun. After many years of communication and planning, an exchange program is arranged thusly: Interstellar spaceships will be launched simultaneously from each planet toward the other. Both spaceships will travel at v/c=0.6 towards the other planet. To avoid an accident head on collision, each spaceship will flash an omnidirectional light beacon at rate of one flash every 10^(-6) years (about every 30 seconds) as measured in the spaceship's IRF. The beacons will be turned on immediately after launch.
1) Neatly draw the minkowski Diagram for this situation. Label all of the key events and axes.
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