[D-fendr]

I think it does [change] in the special theory of relativity

Then I don't understand what you were saying by "it's absolute length doesn't change."

I am not aware that any object can travel at that speed without sucking up the energy of the whole universe.

'Tis a thought experiment.

[kosta50]

Then I don't understand what you were saying by "it's absolute length doesn't change."

I don't see how it changes. If I slow down my car it will take me much longer to reach the same destination. Since speed = distance over time, I could say the time or the distance was "stretched". It can be "true" depending how you look at it. I don't see how in reality the distance changed.