tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post2471223431076111182..comments2024-03-27T19:38:49.490-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: Another Small Space News Story RoundupSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-12692481501972446802022-12-03T14:58:27.020-05:002022-12-03T14:58:27.020-05:00I was going to write that we are watching the very...I was going to write that we are watching the very "verge" of a new era of mankind, meaning the edge. Every so often, before I employ a word, I like to (re-)examine the meaning/usage using Wiktionary and found "An extreme limit beyond which something specific will happen," which works perfectly for me.<br />I also found an etymology of which I was unaware: "Earliest attested sense in English is now-obsolete meaning 'male member, penis' (c.1400)." Having a very Gross sense of humor, I revisited a photo of a rocket waiting on the pad with the immediately-discarded thought of including it.. boronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05780356895910449471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-25949678117934276922022-12-02T23:39:04.812-05:002022-12-02T23:39:04.812-05:00The term for joining those sections of the launch ...The term for joining those sections of the launch vehicle is "Mating". Don't know if it's PC any longer, but that's what everybody I know in the biz calls it.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-51315119669527093752022-12-02T23:35:04.968-05:002022-12-02T23:35:04.968-05:00Shouldn't that be 'VADaR'?
As to the ...Shouldn't that be 'VADaR'?<br /><br />As to the rest, looks a whole lot like 'Space is Hard,' doesn't it? But they're all still closer to flying than New Glen or Vulcan and, sadly, Starship. Sigh.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.com