why is the ship right hand side called the starborad side?
201230
The Vikings called the side of their ship its board, and they placed the steering oar, the "star" on the right side of the ship, thus that side became known as the "star board." It's been that way ever since. And, because the oar was in the right side, the ship was tied to the dock at the left side. This was known as the loading side or "larboard". Later, it was decided that "larboard" and "starboard" were too similar, especially when trying to be heard over the roar of a heavy sea, so the phrase became the "side at which you tied up to in port" or the "port" side.
782981
You know the thing that looks like a satellite dish on the front of all star trek ships?  That's called the deflector array.  It's supposed to spit out a field that knocks all the dust and rocks away when a ship goes to warp.
311210
Its another word for a sailor.
436608
well um, there would have to be more info to solve this. if it is directly horizontal from you, then the ship could be infinite distance from you (or as far as u can see).
1126731
THE BOW IS THE  FRONT OF THE BOAT AND THE STERN IS THE BACK.\n\nYOU SHOULD NEVER ANCHOR OUT ON JUST THE STERN, IF YOUR GOING TO ONLY USE ONE ANCHOR ALWAYS ANCHOR OUT ON THE BOW. ONLY ANCHOR OFF THE STERN IF YOU ARE GOING TO ANCHOR OUT THE BOW AS WELL.\n\nALSO IF YOUR WONDERING, THE PORT SIDE IS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOAT AND THE STARBOARD IS THE RIGHT SIDE.
676437
Almost a coicle!\nEach side would subtend an anhle of slightly more than 1.5degrees so it is very close to a circle. I don't think it has any official name.
123064
Historically they sat in the left side of the parliament in USA. Hence the name.
517598
The full-color U.S. flag cloth replica is worn so that the star field faces forward, or to the flag's own right. When worn in this manner, the flag is facing to the observer's right, and gives the effect of the flag flying in the breeze as the wearer moves forward. \n\nThe rule dates back to the Army's early history, when both mounted cavalry and infantry units would designate a standard bearer, who carried the Colors into battle. As he charged, his forward momentum caused the flag to stream back. Since the Stars and Stripes are mounted with the canton closest to the pole, that section stayed to the right, while the stripes flew to the left.
552759
On the top right hand side i think
209485
1)In the space there is no direction.So it matters not what direction you call by what name.\n2) On the Earth , on the other hand , it does matter and matters a lot; and the reasons are too obvious to quote.\n3) On the earth the bearings are taken with the help of fixed stars in the Sky and it has no racial bias.\n4) In this context the POLAR STAR acquires importance. The North pole of the earth is directly pointing towards this unmoving star in the sky. So much so that if you are standing exactly on the north pole, the Pole star or the North Star will be directly above you and the angular distance between you and the star will be Zero. That is exactly how the polar expedition leaders find out if they have reached their goal correctly or not.\nAs you move towards the South pole the angular distance increases to reach 180 degrees and the pole star disappears from your sight.
921864
http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/talk/talk.html?clik=fanmain_leftnav
1147447
OK it is very simple. when a flag is raised on a vehicle or a ship and that ship or vehicles is going into battle the flag waves. thus the stars lead the way. so the flag is sown on the uniforms the same way so that when the troops go into battle the stars lead the way as if it was waving in the wind. also when the Calvary carried the flags into battle on horseback the stars lead the way. that is the reason and not some stupid teenage immature answer
185281
For navigation on the sea. The big dipper points to the north star for instance.
390611
Imagine a line connecting the two stars at the front of the "dipper", continue it on the side where the dipper is "open" to a distance 5 times that between the two stars (the flag shortens this a bit!), and you will arrive at (or very close to) the pole star. Because of their role in locating Polaris, these two stars are often called "the guides." And by the way--the last-but-one star in the handle of the "dipper", named Mizar by Arab astronomers, is a double star, whose components are readily separated by binoculars--or, some say, by very sharp eyes during good viewing conditions.
597955
I've seen and read about a number of ship lauchings, and never heard of this one! Where did you hear this?
985047
They don't all have a left and a right side.   Those that do are called bilaterally symmetrical.   But some others, like certain jellyfish and many flowers,  are radially symmetrical and still others, --amoebae, for example-- are irregular & not symmetrical at all.
975523
The feathers are always taken the L wing for consistency in flight and response.  Many feathers are found in mirror image on the wings.  These feathers may also have a different surface on the top and bottom.  The combination of these factors would make it very difficult to use feathers from the right wing to create a Shuttle **** that matches a standard one.   Hope that helps