[AndrewC]

While Newton's second law generally holds, as you get close to the speed of light, there is a relativistic mass factor that becomes apparent as one gets closer to the speed of light, it is gamma, where gamma= (the rest mass energy+the kinetic energy)/the rest mass energy

You get the cigar, at v=0 (relative) KE=0.

[ThinkPlease]

You get the cigar, at v=0 (relative) KE=0.

Just curious, though, did you have a comment on my original point, or did you just want to see if I passed the relativity section of my Cosmo class?