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ground-to-orbit

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Examples

  • 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

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