If you want windows in case of an emergency, where normal sensors failed:
The most important emergency operation would be to land somewhere safe.
If you want to land with a vectored thrust vehicle such as a traveller
ship, the most important direction is downward.
If you assume the engines work best pushing the ship forward, and
vectoring thrust has some costs, the best method for landing on a planet
would be pointing the back to the planet. That would lead to a backwards
window.
So the only operation where a forward window could help you, would be
chasing a planet in deep space, and you primarily accelerate towards the
planet. I don't know if someone, who is competent in astrogation would
ever attempt something like this. I don't even know for sure that this
would work at all, even if it's inefficient.
Regarding sea sickness:
AFAIK sea sickness is a result of a discrepancy between what you see, and
the gravity you experience. Being on the deck of a ship looking at the
horizon works, because you see a point that is not moving relative to the
gravity you experience.
If you are in a space ship with artificial gravity, the inside of the ship
will (mostly) be aligned with gravity, while the outside will not be. So
looking outside will only increase sea sickness.
One mans groundfloor is an other mans earthmissle
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