Newtonian ships or not?.

[Baron Munchausen]

Originally posted by Randallw:

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Originally posted by Baron Munchausen:
In order to 'maneuver like a plane' there would have to be an atmosphere for wings to work on. Or alternatively, you need to be moving at a signifigant fraction of the speed of light in order to get similar effects from the 'vacuum' of space

Ha, I knew saying plane, someone would think of spaceships with wings . Let me use examples to show what I mean. Hard Science ship, a ship that accelerates at a fraction of c and needs to do stuff like turn halfway through the journet to decelerate. Pulp ships, the good old Star Wars or Star trek ship. Disregarding their faster than light speed, when they move at sublight speed they can turn whenever they want and stop suddenly without regard to inertia.

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Planes don't move without inertia. You are talking about something completely unknown and probably impossible, but yes we do see that in many shows like Star Trek. This is 'simplified' SciFi for the sake of making a short and simple television show or movie.