Re: Merchant Hulls and Amphibious Vessesls

Johnnemann Nordhagen writes:

@:) Quick question, not really relevant to anything here: What does
@:) everyone mean by "amphibious" ships? I believe that an amphibious
@:) ship refers to one that can operate on both water and land, like
@:) an amphibian. Needless to say, it doesn't seem that this would
@:) apply in space. Just confused,

  I think the term is being used here to refer to ships that can
operate both inside and outside an atmosphere, and more particularly
to ships that can actually land on planets.  Since there aren't any
animals that can do this (that I know of, anyway), it's a little hard
to come up with a good word for it.

-joachim