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Originally Posted by EvilEye
Theoretically... If I were traveling at or 99.999999999999999etc% the speed of light, and turned on a flashlight, what would the result be if....
1. I turned it on toward a wall in my direction of travel?
2. I turned it on toward a wall behind me?
3. I shone it out the window of my craft? (Would it appear to bend in one direction or another?)
4. I shone it toward the floor?
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As long as you are traveling at a uniform speed, that is, not accelerating, the answers for your frame of reference are:
1. The light heads towards the wall at c.
2. The light heads towards the wall at c.
3. The light heads out at c with no bending.
4. The light heads for the floor at c.
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Originally Posted by EvilEye
And what would an outside observer see?
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1. The light heads towards the wall at c.
2. The light heads towards the wall at c.
3. The light heads out at c in a different direction (rotated toward your direction of motion) but still with no bending.
4. The light heads forwards at a slight angle to your direction of motion at c, ultimately hitting the floor.
I know it sounds weird, but that's the way the geometry of spacetime works.