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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
What does "Pad-0A" mean?
Plus, does "roll-out" mean "public display for the first time"?
Context:
Orbital Sciences Corp. completed roll-out of the first fully integrated Antares rocket to the Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Saturday, April 6. Orbital has confirmed an April 17 target launch date for the rocket test flight with a planned liftoff of 5 p.m. EDT. Orbital is testing the Antares rocket under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
More:
http://www.nasa.gov/
Context:
Orbital Sciences Corp. completed roll-out of the first fully integrated Antares rocket to the Pad-0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on Saturday, April 6. Orbital has confirmed an April 17 target launch date for the rocket test flight with a planned liftoff of 5 p.m. EDT. Orbital is testing the Antares rocket under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
More:
http://www.nasa.gov/
Top answer
Hi Yes, "roll-out" means that a piece of technology can be displayed to - and / or used by - the public - Now we have fully tested the new software, we can roll it out [= make it available to people] A pad is a piece of ground that is used to launch missiles and rockets. They are often given a short coded name. "OA" appears to be the code for the main site at Wallops Island, Virginia And I believe it looks like this ...
- Hi Yes, "roll-out" means that a piece of technology can be displayed to - and / or used by - the public - Now we have fully tested the new software, we can roll it out [= make it available to people] A pad is a piece of ground that is used to launch missiles and rockets.
- They are often given a short coded name.
- "OA" appears to be the code for the main site at Wallops Island, Virginia And I believe it looks like this ...
- Dave (Pad 0A, NASA website)
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Yes, "roll-out" means that a piece of technology can be displayed to - and / or used by - the public
- Now we have fully tested the new software, we can roll it out
[= make it available to people]
A pad is a piece of ground that is used to launch missiles and rockets. They are often given a short coded name. "OA" appears to be the code for the main site at Wallop
Yes, "roll-out" means that a piece of technology can be displayed to - and / or used by - the public
- Now we have fully tested the new software, we can roll it out
[= make it available to people]
A pad is a piece of ground that is used to launch missiles and rockets. They are often given a short coded name. "OA" appears to be the code for the main site at Wallop
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