The USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class combat ship. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence.
The design was produced by General Dynamics and competes directly with the Lockheed Martin designed Freedom variant.
Delivered to the Navy at the end of 2009, she is a high speed, small crew "corvette" intended for operation in the littoral (shoreline) zone.
Maritime law extends to space since it technically covers anywhere that's not within any country's zone of control (about 12, 24 or 200 miles off the coast depending on who you ask and which laws are in question). So even legally speaking, yes space ships are just ships without the water. Here's a cool video that explains this stuff.
Andrew6 on September 20th, 2017 at 21:26 UTC »
Sooo spaceships are ships?
Dexter_russell on September 20th, 2017 at 21:31 UTC »
The USS Independence (LCS-2) is the lead ship of the Independence-class combat ship. She is the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the concept of independence.
The design was produced by General Dynamics and competes directly with the Lockheed Martin designed Freedom variant.
Delivered to the Navy at the end of 2009, she is a high speed, small crew "corvette" intended for operation in the littoral (shoreline) zone.
Her top speed is 51 mph; 81 km/h
In the water
RingoWasHisNameO on September 20th, 2017 at 22:36 UTC »
Maritime law extends to space since it technically covers anywhere that's not within any country's zone of control (about 12, 24 or 200 miles off the coast depending on who you ask and which laws are in question). So even legally speaking, yes space ships are just ships without the water. Here's a cool video that explains this stuff.