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If a spacecraft somehow accelerates from a space station to 0.995c (relative to the space station), and the spacecraft shoots an electron beam (not light) going 0.990c at the space station, then would this electron beam ever reach the space station?

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If a spacecraft somehow accelerates from a space station to 0.995c (relative to the space station), and the spacecraft shoots an electron beam (not light) going 0.990c at the space station, then would this electron beam ever reach the space station?	16