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minus-square@iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink12•4 days agoI mean by that definition, Voyager is a starship, eventually.
minus-square@iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink10•4 days agoA ship can transport people or goods, and I argue that data is a type of good.
minus-square@Rooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilink5•4 days agoThere’s that golden record, so there are physical goods as well.
minus-square@vala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•4 days agoYeah but we already have a less ambiguous name which is “probe” haha.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 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.
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.
Friendship transports a type of good.
There’s that golden record, so there are physical goods as well.
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.