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minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 months agoI mean by that definition, Voyager is a starship, eventually.
minus-squaremoody@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 months agoVoyager I and II are probes, not ships.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down3·2 months agoA ship can transport people or goods, and I argue that data is a type of good.
minus-squareCeedoestrees@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 months agoFriendship transports a type of good.
minus-squareRooskie91@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThere’s that golden record, so there are physical goods as well.
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months 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.
minus-squarevala@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYeah but we already have a less ambiguous name which is “probe” haha.
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.
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.
Yeah but we already have a less ambiguous name which is “probe” haha.