nautics is used because everything we send up is given a ship classification number, thus registering it as a ship, even though more or less most of it isn't manned. They are nonetheless designated ships most of the time.

Aerospace would only apply to general flight meechanics, aerospace industry. Aeronautics would deal with anything flight capable and considered a ship. Ships don't just float on water anymore :-p

Blimps are considered airships..

Does anyone know if the satellites sent up or the rovers are also given designated ship numbers as well?

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You have to wonder how long it takes for remote commands (assuming radio waves or something) sent to the rovers to actually initiate the commands and move left or right or wherever. Must be like threading a goddamn needle so you dont hit a bump and 12 hours later realize it but the command was already sent out haha. I'm really curious about that.

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maybe its the same priniple as nautical, but in the air...hence aeronautical.

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this is completely random but if i had magical powers and could go deep into space to explore whats out there, i would not . lol because space and the deep ocean creep me out lol. Its like ewhehehewwwww no one knows whats on the planet just like earth in another solar system a bagillion miles away, what if whats living there is creepy lol. just like deep sea, I would not want to go down into the ocean to see whats on the very bottom, i bet its some creepy monster lol. you know whats really creepy?

there are whales alive today that are bigger than dinosaurs used to be. Thats creepy. lol

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Heres a pretty cool picture.

It was taken by one of the high Resolution cameras on the euro space probe. These cameras are VERY powerful.

anyway, the picture is off the Rover (as scene from space) at the edge of the Victoria Crater.

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I remember reading somewhere there is like a 5 minute lag. So they train the guys who move it, to compenstate for the 5 min lag when they make adjustments. Its supposedly part of the reason why it takes so long to get anywhere. That and being that its small and a power conservative. I think the same article also said it has detection capabilities, so if they give it a movement that will cause an accident, it can over-ride that order? I remember that part because imagine the day it gets stuck somewhere because it doesn't want to "die" lol

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