@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoWhy in Sci-Fi they always use Marine or Naval terminology and structure instead of Aviation for the spaceship structure, navigation and military ranks?message-square29fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squareWhy in Sci-Fi they always use Marine or Naval terminology and structure instead of Aviation for the spaceship structure, navigation and military ranks?@vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
I don’t really know how to structure this question, but yeah, why is always Naval and never Aviation?
minus-square@Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink16•1 year agoMy theory is that they’re called ships cos if you switch off the engine, it’ll stop and just sit there I have it on good authority that this does not happen with aeroplanes
They’re called “spaceships”
My theory is that they’re called ships cos if you switch off the engine, it’ll stop and just sit there
I have it on good authority that this does not happen with aeroplanes