vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhy in Sci-Fi they always use Marine or Naval terminology and structure instead of Aviation for the spaceship structure, navigation and military ranks?message-squaremessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up1191arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1190arrow-down1message-squareWhy in Sci-Fi they always use Marine or Naval terminology and structure instead of Aviation for the spaceship structure, navigation and military ranks?vis4valentine@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agomessage-square70fedilinkfile-text
I don’t really know how to structure this question, but yeah, why is always Naval and never Aviation?
minus-squareBellaDonna@mujico.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoI always had assumed Starboard being the opposite of port meaning you were navigating away from your home port to the stars.
I always had assumed Starboard being the opposite of port meaning you were navigating away from your home port to the stars.