Which navigational error accumulates aboard long-duration spacecraft because of special relativity?

💡 Explanation

A difference arises because of time dilation; the on-board clocks tick slower relative to Earth's inertial frame. These accumulate during extended missions due to velocity time dilation according to the equivalence principle; therefore a positional drift occurs, rather than clock slowdown which would show measurement consistency.

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