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Why should it be either a space suited person or a spacecraft?
It's both at once, no?
It's both at once, no?
Also the astronaut can move by mechanic forces over the surface of another spacecraft...he is mobile, just not rocket propelled.
And if I can swim underwater, am I submarine?
Strictly speaking, the Manned Maneuvering Unit, the propulsion system used by spacewalking astronauts, could be counted as a manned spacecraft.
if you can swim inside a hard-shelled suit, this suit is technically a submarine of its its own.
if you can swim inside a hard-shelled suit, this suit is technically a submarine of its its own.
The difference between space debris and spacecraft is pretty simple: If it is still under control of a human, it is a spacecraft. If it is out of control, it is space debris.
An EVA suit is not necessarily hard-shelled, but is analogous to a hard-shelled diving suit.
It don't have to be controled by human. Sputnik wasn't controled at all. But still it was performing its task (radio beeping)
Is a suited astronaut on EVA a spacecraft? Does it matter if they are using some sort of manuvering device? Is the suit itself a spacecraft? Are both a spacecraft?
I'd say an astronaut in EVA is no more a spacecraft than a diver (you have equivalents to the MMU underwater) is a submarine.
Noone knows...
Whats the difference between a spaceship and a spacecraft?
Is a car without an engine still a car?
Or is a bike without a human not a bike?
Can a wood without trees be a wood?
Is there another word for "synonym"?
Can a post off an off topic topic be off topic?
(-x) * (-x) = +x