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launch pad [′lȯnch ‚pad] (aerospace engineering) The load-bearing base or platform from which a rocket vehicle is launched. Also known as launching pad; pad. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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SpaceX has enhanced its system for verifying the health of the rocket and launch pad from about 30 checks to nearly 1,000. Noyes was the launch pad for his career, which was interrupted by the Korean War, in which he served as an intelligence officer in Japan. May they go the way of the launch pad and Bird and the original tail fire. |
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