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Friday, October 29, 2010

Space Science Vocabulary

Blockhouse
A reinforced-concrete structure, often built underground or partly underground, and sometimes dome-shaped, to provide protection against blast, heat, or explosion during rocket launchings or related activities, specifically, such a structure at a launch site that houses electronic control instruments used in launching a rocket.

Boilerplate
A full-sized mockup that has all of the mechanical characteristics of the true item but none of the functional features.

Booster
An engine that assists the normal propulsive system of a vehicular or other system of a vehicle.

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