<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=160740.msg7417781#msg7417781">Quote from: AK47 on 21-12-2012, 02:02:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">One fact that always interested me, is that practical spacecraft should be as light as possible. A T2 or T3 shuttle might be light enough to float. If Designed right, it could even be a seaplane. Although protecting it from salt water would be an interesting engineering challenge, and i wouldn't want to scrape barnacles off the heat shield in zero gravity.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Careening barnacles off your interstellar pirate cruiser would be hilarious, actually. And yes, it could, but landing on water is one thing, and transferring cargo between two vessels at sea is another...That's a tricky thing to do, even with tenders designed for the task. :) And most starship captains might be a little hesitant about having a cargo-port open at near-sea-level. One rogue wave could really ruin your day!