ground-to-orbit

But as long as ground-to-orbit means sticking things on top of an inverted cannon filled with rocket fuel….

Well, It IS The Home of the Creation Museum, After All « Whatever 2007

Well, soon after the Apollo program ended, there came the so-called space shuttle, which was the popular name for the first ground-to-orbit reusable spacecraft.

A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson 2000

The ground-to-orbit craft has been sitting in the ocean off Manhattan Island, convenient to the United Nations Building, for those same two weeks.

A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

Six Monks landed on Earth -- unless more were hiding somewhere aboard the ground-to-orbit ship.

A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

There's only one Monk starship, and only one ground-to-orbit craft, as far as we know.

A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

He knew everything there was to know about a seeder ramship, but nothing at all about the other kinds of ramship or interplanetary travel or ground-to-orbit vehicles.

A Hole In Space Niven, Larry, 1938- 1992

Small, fast, wedge-shaped ground-to-orbit fighters, by the looks of them.

Mudd in Your Eye Jerry Oltion 1990

Small, fast, wedge-shaped ground-to-orbit fighters, by the looks of them.

Mudd in Your Eye Jerry Oltion 1990

Small, fast, wedge-shaped ground-to-orbit fighters, by the looks of them.

Mudd in Your Eye Jerry Oltion 1990

He knew everything there was to know about a seeder ramship, but nothing at all about the other kinds of starships or interplanetary travel or ground-to-orbit vehicles.

A World Out of Time Niven, Larry 1976