Before you shun me from everything science, think of this: You are on top of a train that is moving at 65 mph. You begin to run accross the top of the cars at about 10 mph. You have a friend who begins running on the ground at 12 mph from the same starting point. Now you are not exerting any more force than your friend on the ground, but you are now moving faster than him and the train.
In the same way, if you are on the equater and shine a flashlight East it is traveling over the surface of the Earth at the speed of light(just like you running over the top of the train.) Some one else shines a flashlight out in space, from ruffly the same starting point at the same time. This beam travels at the speed of light through space. But the first flashlight beam also had the speed of the earth moving it along, so it is in fact moving faster than the beam in space. Just as you were moving faster than your friend on the ground.
It's common sense, something Mr. Einstein himself admitted a lack in.
In the same way, if you are on the equater and shine a flashlight East it is traveling over the surface of the Earth at the speed of light(just like you running over the top of the train.) Some one else shines a flashlight out in space, from ruffly the same starting point at the same time. This beam travels at the speed of light through space. But the first flashlight beam also had the speed of the earth moving it along, so it is in fact moving faster than the beam in space. Just as you were moving faster than your friend on the ground.
It's common sense, something Mr. Einstein himself admitted a lack in.