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Posted: 4/23/2017 1:41:11 PM EDT
[#1]
space "ship"
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Posted: 4/23/2017 1:42:37 PM EDT
[#2]
You pilot a riverboat...
We should really defer to an expert on the matter. In "The Highwayman", Johnny Cash sings "I fly a starship". If Johnny Cash says fly a starship, then that's the proper term. Unless'n you're calling Johnny Cash a liar. In which case we may have words. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 1:48:03 PM EDT
[#3]
Why not Captain a spaceship
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Posted: 4/23/2017 1:50:07 PM EDT
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Is it? Space is a vaccum. Does a ship actually float in a vaccum? But likewise, they don't really fly either, because there is no atmosphere in which to fly. I think we need a new term to describe what they do. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 1:53:00 PM EDT
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Depends on the descriptive usage. For instance the crew operated the spacecraft in an remarkable manner. Or Commander Zero piloted the spacecraft to dockage.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 2:28:34 PM EDT
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So, sailing then?  Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: Whatever floats your boat. 
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Posted: 4/23/2017 2:30:49 PM EDT
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So... "I'm going to con my spaceship from Mars to Jupiter". "I'm going to master my spaceship from Mars to Jupiter". "I'm going to command my spaceship from Mars to Jupiter" None of those really sound right to me. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Conning. Mastering. Commanding. "I'm going to con my spaceship from Mars to Jupiter". "I'm going to master my spaceship from Mars to Jupiter". "I'm going to command my spaceship from Mars to Jupiter" None of those really sound right to me. For convenience sake it will probably be referred to as "flying" your spacecraft to Jupiter. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 2:32:16 PM EDT
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You're right of course, in space there's nothing to float on, everything is falling. but earthly aeronautics don't apply either, there's no drag against thrust and lift is meaningless in vacuum while you can't tell the difference between grav and acceleration. I'm tempted to say navigate, but the term betrays its earth navy roots. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted:and space is the equivalent of a four-dimensional ocean so it makes sense to 'sail'. But likewise, they don't really fly either, because there is no atmosphere in which to fly. I think we need a new term to describe what they do. but earthly aeronautics don't apply either, there's no drag against thrust and lift is meaningless in vacuum while you can't tell the difference between grav and acceleration. I'm tempted to say navigate, but the term betrays its earth navy roots. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 2:40:43 PM EDT
[#9]
Fly.
 Finn and Poe Escape the First Order - Star Wars Eposode VII: The Force Awakens |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 3:42:13 PM EDT
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I don't think pilot or piloting is quite accurate enough. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 3:48:34 PM EDT
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To quote Douglas Adams, "Eskimos had over two hundred different words for snow, without which their conversation would probably have got very monotonous."
Replace Eskimos with Astronauts and Snow with Space. That's about sums up this issue for me. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 3:57:04 PM EDT
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I want to own Sled Driver, so I say driver becaue it is understated and cool.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:02:32 PM EDT
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One takes command at the helm of a spaceship. When moving, you are "underway".
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:07:22 PM EDT
[#14]
I only fly/sail one on the internet
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Posted: 4/23/2017 4:51:10 PM EDT
[#15]
If you have your own space ship you do whatever the heck you want to with it!
. Though, it's worth noting that astronauts are Pilots and space travel is under the domain of the FAA....
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:01:20 PM EDT
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Spaceships are for acrobats who are also mathematicians.
And that's the beauty of a powered suit: you don't have to think about it. You don't have to drive it, fly it, conn it; you just wear it and it takes orders directly from your muscles and does for you what your muscles are trying to do. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:10:31 PM EDT
[#17]
Captain of course.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:31:06 PM EDT
[#18]
You "run" it.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:33:32 PM EDT
[#19]
Spam in a Can.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:37:52 PM EDT
[#20]
Astronavigate
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:38:29 PM EDT
[#21]
The guys that have done it say "fly".
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:45:35 PM EDT
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A death star would be more akin to a space station, so it make sense to operate, in the same way that you operate an apartment building or a gas station, etc... So you Operate a space station. |
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Posted: 4/23/2017 5:46:28 PM EDT
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I'm gonna go with fly.
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Posted: 4/23/2017 6:14:06 PM EDT
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If I remember right, on DS9 Commander Sisko and his son Jake sailed a space ship on the solar winds in to Cardashain territory. The ship had huge sails to catch the solar wind.
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