Talk:Starship

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Contents 1 Star Wars 2 2001: A Space Odyssey 3 Spaceship redirects here 4 Added the 'Jupiter 2' 5 Led Zeppelin 6 Firefly 7 More genres, please! 8 star pictures

[edit] Star Wars

Well, if we *are* going to have a list of famous starships... ISD Avenger seems like a better choice than Devastator, as it's the only ISD named in the original film trilogy. dirtside 17:26, 2004 Mar 28 (UTC)

[edit] 2001: A Space Odyssey

The 'Discovery' of 2001 was only designed to get from Earth to Jupiter and return. It doesn't qualify as a 'starship.' Delphinus100 19:20, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Spaceship redirects here

In my view, spaceship has a far broader meaning than starship, and would include contemporary space vehicles.--MacRusgail 15:52, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Added the 'Jupiter 2'

Apparently it was called the 'Gemini' in the pilot of Lost in Space. Anyway, thought its absence was noticable! Oh dear me, the pain, the pain! -- User:RyanFreisling @ 23:46, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Led Zeppelin

I'm curious, there's no mention of Led Zeppelin's famous tour-jet "Starship" anywhere... Here's a great link: http://www.led-zeppelin.org/reference/starship.htm Not a spaceship certainly, but a famous real world vehicle of the name. OzoneO 16:28, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Firefly

What about the Serenity from the Serenity/Firefly universe?

It was established in the Firefly movie "Serenity" that the whole series is taking place in a single solar system. Therefore the Serenity is an interplanetary vessel and not a starship.

I don't think you're right about that. IIRC, "Serenity" travels to many star systems in the Firefly series. The events of the movie might well be restricted to one star system, although I'm inclined to doubt it (Haven't watched the movie in a while, so not going to lay down a hard-and-fast declaration here).

BTW, please sign your posts using four tildes ~ in a row. Thanks. Jackytar 17:48, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Back story

The series takes place in the year 2517, on several planets and moons. The TV series does not reveal whether these celestial bodies are in one star system, and does not explain whether Serenity's mode of propulsion is faster-than-light, only that it is a "gravity-drive". The film Serenity makes clear that all the planets and moons are in one large system, and production documents related to the film indicate that there is no faster-than-light travel in this universe.

The above is from the Wikipedia article. And you all know how accurate THOSE are ;-)

In other words - doesn't seem to be a starship. Ingolfson 16:27, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More genres, please!

The fictional starships listed are all from film and television -- but starships have been prominent in fiction at least since the days of "Doc" Smith. Why not a few from books, pulps, and comics? RandomCritic 07:21, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

Why not add some (notable ones) yourself? Ingolfson 01:01, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] star pictures

take pictures of the stars —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.124.131.2 (talk) 21:19, 12 May 2008 (UTC)