m_a_r_c <jac### [at] wanadoofr> wrote:
> What makes me more trouble is seeing spacecrafts flying like aircrafts!

  This could actually be explained with some (rather imaginary) technology:

  Spacecraft (at least in most scifi movies and series) are subject to
enormous accelerations, so they need what is usually called "inertial
dampeners" to stop the people inside from being squashed onto walls,
floors and ceilings.

  Likewise spacecraft in scifi movies need artificial gravity, because
operating the ship is most convenient for humans in normal gravity (and
exposing humans to zero gravity for long periods of time has negative
side-effects).

  It may be that due to these two factors that if a spaceship needs to perform
a tight turn in high velocity, the best way to do it from the point of view
of the inertial dampeners is to do it like an aircraft would do it in an
atmosphere. Perhaps this minimizes the amount of energy required for the
inertial dampeners (and the artificial gravity), energy which is better
used for shields and suchs.

  It may also be the most natural way for the pilot to operate the ship,
so even if the ship would be able to perform maneuvers which would be
impossible in atmospherical conditions, those are only reserved for when
they are truely needed, and the default is to fly the ship in the way which
is most natural for the pilot.

  Of course this doesn't excuse those movies/tv-series where a ship
stops to complete halt if it runs out of fuel...

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                                                          - Warp

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