Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective of or pertaining to astronautics.
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- adjective referring to travel in
outer space
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- adjective of or belonging to astronauts or the science of astronautics
Etymologies
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Examples
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His resume looks pretty impressive, MS in M.E. and N.E., several specialty MS, and astronautical eng; he retired from the military in 2003.
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On the other hand, my novel Hurricane Moon is hard science fiction, with astronomy, molecular biology, astronautical engineering, and botany.
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The Space Agency was always issuing contracts to universities, research organizations, and industrial firms for astronautical studies.
Tin 2010
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Bowman had done very little work in space itself, and was not skilled in extravehicular operations-for no man could become an expert in all astronautical techniques.
Tin 2010
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We did not have to educate the public, as the headlong rush of astronautical events did it for us.
Tin 2010
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Geophysicist Dr. Phil Chapman, an astronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut, served as staff physicist at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
More scientists doubt man-made global warming... GayandRight 2009
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An astronautical engineer, founder of the Mars Society, and activist for the colonization of the Red Planet, Dr. Zubrin has received a considerable amount of attention over the years.
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An astronautical engineer, founder of the Mars Society, and activist for the colonization of the Red Planet, Dr. Zubrin has received a considerable amount of attention over the years.
Archive 2009-11-01 Paul 2009
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Mr. Jones, who calls himself, “a bit of a geek,” said he had been influenced by the book Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization by astronautical engineer Robert Zubrin.
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Phil Chapman, a geophysicist, astronautical engineer, and first Australian to become a NASA astronaut, writes, All four agencies that track the Earths temperaturethe Hadley Climate Research Unit in Britain, the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, the Christy group at the University of Alabama, and Remote Sensing Systems Inc in Californiareport that it cooled by about 0.7C in 2007.
Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009
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