Is it really possible for a spaceship to stand still and turn off all engines and just be idle in one exact spot in space like it happens in particular famous tv series etc? Wouldn’t the ship just continue floating away/moving on its own until you turn the engines back on?
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Coming to a stop would be in relative terms to the location of a star or other spacecraft etc. For science fiction tv series and films they normally have a warp drive or similar for faster than light travel, shutting off those warp engines mean that the sub-light drift speed will take them year to travel between stars so for most purposes they have stopped.
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