A 30-Year-Old Astronaut Goes Off on a Long-Term Mission in a Spacecraft

Multiple Choice

A 30-year-old astronaut goes off on a long-term mission in a spacecraft that travels at speeds close to that of light. The mission lasts exactly 20 years as measured on Earth. Biologically speaking, at the end of the mission, the astronaut's age would be

A) exactly 30 years.
B) more than 50 years.
C) exactly 25 years.
D) less than 50 years.
E) exactly 50 years.