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A rational reference, but there are no hard and fast rules. Perhaps more importantly, in well written English superfluous words are removed - thus 'private rob
by contingencies 2y ago
A rational reference, but there are no hard and fast rules.
Perhaps more importantly, in well written English superfluous words are removed - thus 'private robotic spacecraft' becomes 'private spacecraft', since all spacecraft are by definition at least partly autonomous.
- alwa 2y agoIn the domain of moon spacecraft particularly, doesn’t there remain a clear distinction to be drawn between manned and unmanned spacecraft, given the power of the “man on the moon” trope in English-speakers’ imagination? “Private spacecraft tips over on moon” would mean something rather different if a modern-day Neil Armstrong were inside at the time. If anything, the fact that it’s just a machine matters more to me than who paid for it.
- contingencies 2y agoManned or unmanned could indeed be more relevant adjectives than 'robotic'. Except that, as is well known to all here, the era of manned lunar exploration is well and truly over.