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Momentum and Special Relativity don't conflict. Momentum is modified with a Lorentz Factor which for a particle with mass runs to infinity as the speed approaches the speed of light.

For electromagnetic radiation like light the momentum is a function of the energy, not the velocity.

parent nerd_stuff 11 years ago

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