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A Linguistic Beef: The word "Starship" means specifically that the ship is capable of traveling between stars. At a minimum, it should travel from it's home s
by schaefer 7y ago
A Linguistic Beef:
The word "Starship" means specifically that the ship is capable of traveling between stars. At a minimum, it should travel from it's home star to the nearest neighboring star.
What we're talking about here are "Spaceships".
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The only way I can lighten up and enjoy the name Starship in this context is to assume it's being used ironically... like someone who's named their cat "Dog".
- rococode 7y agoIt's going to be really interesting to see how vocabulary changes as frequent space travel becomes a reality. This may be one of the few times in history where a field has had so much imagination invested into defining it (sci-fi stories making up words for things) before it slowly becomes a reality.
- olex 7y agoThere are other vehicles called "Starship" that aren't actual starships either - the Beechcraft Starship (a twin-engined turboprop pusher aircraft) or "The Starship" (a Boeing 720 used by Led Zeppelin and other bands). It's a proper noun chosen as a name or model designation for the vehicle, as opposed to a common noun describing the vehicle itself (a spacecraft).
- aglavine 7y agoIt is called after a fictional spacecraft https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-fictional-spacecraft-we-wish-were-real4.htm https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-fictional-spacecraft-we...
- weregiraffe 7y ago>The word "Starship" means specifically that the ship is capable of traveling between stars. Well, it would be capable. Just very-very slow.
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoSeen from the earth every light point in the sky is a star at first. Even planets. Or the starship itself. Or some satellites. So even if it only travels to Mars, which looks like a star to us it would be OK to call it that. Don't be so uptight!