spaceflight
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4.6
- noun
- /ˈspeɪsˌflaɪt/
- Specialized
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vuelo espacial
- But spaceflight is so much more expensive because rockets couldn't be reused, at least not efficiently.
- human spaceflight
- spaceflight program
- manned spaceflight
But spaceflight is so much more expensive because rockets couldn't be reused, at least not efficiently.
- But spaceflight is so much more expensive because rockets couldn't be reused, at least not efficiently.
- We all know that we are susceptible to radiation in our bodies, so we need to be aware of this risk for human spaceflight.
- Let's do everything all at once in human spaceflight and stay focused on getting to Mars by setting a date.
- Let's not have a reset on on human spaceflight.
- But the bottom line NASA not the whole budget, NASA's human spaceflight budget.
- But there is the Mars plan that that was at the origin of the commercial spaceflight efforts.
- That said, NASA and just spaceflight in general is sort of famously very, very risk averse.
- I mean, realistically, the culture would look over at the Andromeda Galaxy and be like, oh, you mean spaceflight?
- So we figuring out calculus and spaceflight and the Hubble telescope is to them what chimps throwing poop is to us.
Examples
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Suborbital spaceflights will offer millions of people the opportunity to experience space travel.
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Are you prepared for the challenges of extended spaceflight?
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In the early days of spaceflight, he would have been weeks away from his destination.
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The risks of spaceflight were well understood at NASA.
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The overall goal for every mission is to facilitate educational opportunities that use the unique environment of spaceflight.
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Obama has also increased the participation of the private sector in spaceflight activities.
Blog text (4) -
Comparing the brilliant record of achievement of NASA's human spaceflight program during the Apollo period with that of the past decade speaks for itself.
Academic text (2010) -
There is one more matter that needs to be addressed: Spaceflight is inherently risky—fly at your own risk.
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NASA has planned several missions to enhance our understanding of spaceflight beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
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Recent advancements in technology have significantly reduced the costs associated with spaceflight.
Synonyms
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3.7
To go beyond the air around the Earth in a rocket
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6.5
The activity of traveling in outer space in spaceships
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Etymology
Spaceflight is a simple combination of space ('the area beyond the Earth') and flight ('the act of flying'). So it literally means travelling by flying beyond the Earth's atmosphere.