suppose two rockets with a passenger are nearing speed of light velocities and are going opposite directions. Relative to eachother one rocket will seem stationary while the other rocket will look like it’s going almost twice the speed of light. What do both passengers see?

Question

I can’t wrap my head around it. But maybe it might be a very silly question with a simple answer.

In: Physics

Answer 1

I have watched countless videos and read papers on questions just like this. Every time I think I get it I can’t explain any of it.

Something, something, frame of reference.

Something, something, cannot exceed c regardless of reference frame. 

Something, something, relative velocity timey whimey dilation nonsense.