The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #171994   Message #4189356
Posted By: Steve Shaw
27-Aug-23 - 09:25 AM
Thread Name: BS: KISS keep it simple
Subject: RE: BS: KISS keep it simple
Interstellar is a vague term which simply means "among (or between if you must) the stars." If you mean "outside the heliopause" you need to say just that. I'm "inside" the heliopause (i.e., I'm under the influence of the sun-related things that stop influencing me when I go beyond it), but I'm not part of, or in or on, the sun, therefore I'm interstellar if I want to put it that way. It simply isn't a scientific term unless qualified. It's a nice word though, as are helicopter and mellifluous. Musk and Branson may be able to help you one day.