Why aircraft carriers won't make sense in space

[August]

Originally Posted by Raptor1

No, if you go into geostationary orbit in the other direction you're still going to make the trip all the way around the planet in 24 hours. The only difference is that the surface will rotate in the other direction from you.

Exactly, the planet rotates and your position over a piece of it moves but your position on, say the side facing away from the sun, will not change. Hence to anyone looking from that direction they will not see a ship parked on the opposite side.