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someone inside the spaceship. For someone standing outside watching the ship fly
by, the headlights do not appear to turn on: light comes out but it's traveling at the
same speed of the spaceship.
These contradictory versions arise because rulers and clocks — the things that
mark time and space — are not the same for different observers. If the speed of
light is to be held constant as Einstein said, then time and space cannot be
absolute; they must be subjective.
For instance, a 100-foot-long spaceship traveling at 99.99% the speed of light will
appear one foot long to a stationary observer, but it will remain its normal length
for those onboard.