On Absolute Velocity

Light travels through a vacuum at speed c regardless of the motion of the light source or that of an observer''s frame of reference. Consequently some time is required for light to travel from a light source to an observer in space such that the emission of light and the observance of the emitted light are not simultaneous. Based on these considerations a method for measuring the absolute velocity of an observer is proposed which could be used for determining a spacecraft''s state of motion from inside a closed cabin. In this study a new explanation of the Lorentz transformation is also introduced.