Movie 1 (:20)
Script: This is
a view of constant acceleration through a starfield. This headlight
effect is how space travel at near-light speeds would appear,
contrary to the special effects in Star Trek and Star Wars universes.
But in this movie and in reality, C, the speed of light, is not
and cannot be exceeded.
Comments : Although
this looks like you're going backward, you're actually going forward
! As you go faster & faster, you "intercept light"
more and more directly from the direction you're going in. Picture
driving in the rain. The rain seems to come straight at you...even
though it's falling DOWN.
The result is that
objects to the left and right appear to move into your flight
path. If you go fast enough, even objects already behind you appear
in front of you, and your view of the entire universe becomes
more & more restricted through a "porthole" directly
in front of you.