What does a space ship have?

Answer 1

well, it depends on what sort of spaceship you're talking about. today's spacecraft is predominantly thruster power, but for unmanned probe missions it's also the probe itself, along with whatever companion vehicles it may have (i.e. orbital radio relay craft, accompanying repair stations and extra parts, etc.), while on manned missions alot of the payload is also food and supplies for the crew members, but all of these things must be weighed to the gram to calculate the exact ammount of fuel recquired to lift the weight(and not a drop more: the fuel is relativley heavy itself!). however, in the spacecraft of the far flung future, with their super efficient and readily available fuel, will be much more versatile. mining ships will be fitted with lasers and probes, space batle cruisers will be wieghted down with long range rockets, and exploratory vessels will carry whatever sort of "warp drives" we've developed by then. also, ammunition for railguns will be rather heavy. rather then lasers, as most people would beleive, most spaceships of the future will have railguns, which use rows of electromagnets to fire a high speed projectile at the desired target.