the different mean about spaceship and spacecraft

[T.Neo]

Or your shuttle, a spacecraft at the Cape.

Also, much more words in spaceflight actually come from geocentric astrology.

Indeed, but such a system in astronomy works, although how it works can be seen as rather confusing.

I agree that "port and starboard" are better than "left and right". But should we not be talking about plus or minus in the x vector? :lol:

 

[AirSimming]

I generally don't use the word spaceship. And as far as I remember, I did not hear any astronaut saying spaceship (which does not mean nobody said, I just don't remember having heard that). To me it seems that the term spaceship is more often used by laymen, filmmakers and science fiction freaks, rather than by real space flight people. NASA calls the Shuttle spacecraft, just like they call the Apollo Command & Service Module and Lunar Module spacecraft.

I think it's a little bit hairsplitting. It's almost like discussing whether it's called spoiler or speedbrake, which extends on top of the wings during flight or on ground after landing of civial passenger aircraft like a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 for example. Actually it's called flight spoilers and ground spoilers, but it is operated by a lever that is labeled speed brake (and some say air brake which indeed is not quite correct in this context).

Such discussions is really something mostly flight simmers and space simmers get a headache with :lol:

 

[Hielor]

I think it's a little bit hairsplitting. It's almost like discussing whether it's called spoiler or speedbrake, which extends on top of the wings during flight or on ground after landing of civial passenger aircraft like a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 for example. Actually it's called flight spoilers and ground spoilers, but it is operated by a lever that is labeled speed brake (and some say air brake which indeed is not quite correct in this context).

Perhaps the confusion comes from the fact that air brakes and spoilers are actually two different things
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_brake_(aircraft)[/COLOR]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoiler_(aeronautics)[/COLOR]

 

[Andy44]

They're all space vehicles.

 

[PhantomCruiser]

All the speed brakes I've worked on deployed from the fuselage. Spoilers deploy from the upper side of the wing surface, the better to enable them to "spoil" the lift?

My wife says I'm flying "spaceships" around the galaxy, my daughter says I'm exploring the solar system using different spacecraft designs.
I love my wife, but my daughter is a work of art.

 

[AirSimming]

Perhaps the confusion comes from the fact that air brakes and spoilers are actually two different things
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_brake_(aircraft)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoiler_(aeronautics)

Yep.

All the speed brakes I've worked on deployed from the fuselage. Spoilers deploy from the upper side of the wing surface, the better to enable them to "spoil" the lift?

Yes, spoilers are usually located on top of the wing. And they are operated by a lever labeled "speed brake", at least on Boeing and Airbus aircraft.

Air brakes are located mostly at the tail/fuselage but on some aircraft also on top of wings (gliders for example).

Might be confusing.