If there were a space ship moving close to the speed of light, that was large enough for a smaller ship inside of it to reach close to the speed of light and it opened its hanger doors and the smaller ship exited the larger ship at that speed, Theoretically, would it be crushed by its own mass at the door horizon, when it neared the door, after exiting the door, at all, or do we even know? (I'm not asking about relativity inside, because I know that neither ship is moving faster than the speed of light relativity speaking until the smaller ship exited the larger one, unless relativity changes as the ship approaches the door from the prospective of the person in the smaller ship). Which brings up what would it look like to the person in the larger ship from an angle where they could see out the hanger door, perspective of the small ship as it approached the door and to an outside observer (or camera) watching through the windows into the larger ship seeing the smaller ship (from that point of view moving faster than the speed of light) would it disappear, or would they just see it after?
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From the larger ship's perspective, the smaller ship shoots off at the speed of light. Beyond that, nothing dramatic happens.
Being inside another ship doesn't actually mean anything. It's just a matter of reference frames. From the perspective of the larger ship, the smaller ship inside it is moving at close to the speed of light. Whether the smaller ship is inside or outside the larger ship isn't relevant, it is still moving at the same speed. Since you've given that the smaller ship is moving at close to the speed of light in the reference frame of the larger ship, then once it exits the hangar it's still moving at close to the speed of light in the reference frame of the larger ship. That means it shoots off, and nothing else happens.
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