DerPavlov

I think thrusters are for maneuvering only and should not be used for deceleration at all. I believe the main problem at the moment are the engines, because they are just dumb one direction fuel burners. Is there a way to make engines smarter with "thrust vectoring" and "thrust reversal"? The engine should be enough to steer your spaceship, while thrusters are only needed for rolling and moving sideways during docking maneuvers. This would lower the amount of needed thrusters on a ship. When modern aircraft can do something like this, why not a spaceship with a hyperspace jumpdrive? References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_vectoring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrust_reversal