  The Bell Spaceship Paradox has promoted confusion and numerous resolutions
since its first statement in 1959, including resolutions based on relativistic
stress due to Lorentz contractions. The paradox is that two ships, starting
from the same reference frame and subject to the same acceleration, would snap
a string that connected them, even as their separation distance would not
change as measured from the original reference frame. This paper uses a Simple
Relativity approach to resolve the paradox and explain both why the string
snaps, and how to adjust accelerations to avoid snapping the string. In doing
so, an interesting parallel understanding of the Lorentz contraction is
generated. The solution is applied to rotation to address the Ehrenfest paradox
and orbital precession as well.
