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Jill is the navigator on a spaceship that is passing Mars at 99% of the speed of light. What happens when Jill uses a ruler to measure distances on a star map inside her spaceship?

(a)   She does not perceive any change whatsoever in the length of the ruler due to the motion of the spaceship, and does not have to make any correction for this motion.
(b)   She has to correct her measurements because the ruler is relativistically shortened by the motion of the spaceship.
 (c)   She has to correct her measurements because the ruler is relativistically lengthened by the motion of the spaceship.
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