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minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoEven worse - he named his space vessels ‘Starship’ - implying that they have the ability to travel between stars. They will study this man’s narcissism in future history classes alongside Trump. The era of the ego.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoI mean by that definition, Voyager is a starship, eventually.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoVoyager I and II are probes, not ships.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoA ship can transport people or goods, and I argue that data is a type of good.
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoThere’s that golden record, so there are physical goods as well.
minus-squareCeedoestrees@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoFriendship transports a type of good.
minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoYeah but we already have a less ambiguous name which is “probe” haha.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoI would argue that its purpose as a probe outweighs its purpose as a ship, as such the specification of probe would still outweigh it being a starship by technicality.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoPeople going to space are called astronauts - in this context I see no problem with Starship.
minus-squareirmoz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoI’m not sure how the context of the word “astronaut” justifies implying interstellar travel that you aren’t capable of.
minus-squareMakhno@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoIs cosmonaut filled with as much hubris?
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoDepends on interpretation. Cosmos is Greek for the universe
minus-squareFerretyfever0@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoTbf, they are travelling through the Universe. But so are all of us, so we’re all equally cosmonauts.
minus-squaresmiletolerantly@awful.systemslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoEven worse worse, he named prior projects after Culture ship names. Whose author despised him.
minus-squarejj4211@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoI can’t find the article now, but there was a news article that talked about “interstellar missions to mars”, and it drove me nuts
minus-squaretheolodis@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agotechnically, travelling on earth (or anywhere else in the universe), is travelling between stars, because we’re likely to be between 2.
minus-squareknatschus@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days agoA car isn’t a ocean cruiser just because it’s always between two oceans
minus-squareLeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoNarcissists are pure evil and deserve to be slaughtered in gas chambers
Even worse - he named his space vessels ‘Starship’ - implying that they have the ability to travel between stars.
They will study this man’s narcissism in future history classes alongside Trump. The era of the ego.
I mean by that definition, Voyager is a starship, eventually.
Voyager I and II are probes, not ships.
A ship can transport people or goods, and I argue that data is a type of good.
There’s that golden record, so there are physical goods as well.
Friendship transports a type of good.
Yeah but we already have a less ambiguous name which is “probe” haha.
I would argue that its purpose as a probe outweighs its purpose as a ship, as such the specification of probe would still outweigh it being a starship by technicality.
People going to space are called astronauts - in this context I see no problem with Starship.
I’m not sure how the context of the word “astronaut” justifies implying interstellar travel that you aren’t capable of.
Is cosmonaut filled with as much hubris?
Depends on interpretation. Cosmos is Greek for the universe
Tbf, they are travelling through the Universe. But so are all of us, so we’re all equally cosmonauts.
Time travelers too
Even worse worse, he named prior projects after Culture ship names. Whose author despised him.
I can’t find the article now, but there was a news article that talked about “interstellar missions to mars”, and it drove me nuts
technically, travelling on earth (or anywhere else in the universe), is travelling between stars, because we’re likely to be between 2.
A car isn’t a ocean cruiser just because it’s always between two oceans
Narcissists are pure evil and deserve to be slaughtered in gas chambers