{"id":583113,"date":"2026-03-31T18:49:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/?p=583113"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:00:41","slug":"spaceship-smackdown-space-symposium-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/spaceship-smackdown-space-symposium-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast your vote for the best sci-fi spaceship and then watch debaters duke it out at Space Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You&#8217;ve stress-tested reentry trajectories. You&#8217;ve argued about LOX-to-methane ratios at 11 p.m. You&#8217;ve sat through 47 slides on orbital mechanics before 10 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it&#8217;s time for the debate that <em>actually<\/em> matters: Which sci-fi spaceship is the greatest ever put to screen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is the Millennium Falcon&#8217;s parsec gaffe a dealbreaker, or does she have it where it counts? 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