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It is said that if a spaceship which is stationary and a spaceship which is moving send out a laser light waves, both the waves will cover the distance in same time irrespective of the moving spaceship. Why does this happen?

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Because laser beams travel with the speed of light.
Since Speed of light is the fastest, we cannot find relative velocity with respect to speed of light.

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