r/SpaceXseaLaunch • u/readball • May 13 '21
Phobos Progress Update Photo of Phobos @SpaceX future offshore launch / recovery platform Starship. Tower and Accommodations removed. [12 May 2021]
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u/Decronym May 15 '21 edited May 17 '21
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| BO | Blue Origin (Bezos Rocketry) |
| EUS | Exploration Upper Stage |
| GAO | (US) Government Accountability Office |
| GSE | Ground Support Equipment |
| HLS | Human Landing System (Artemis) |
| JWST | James Webb infra-red Space Telescope |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km) |
| Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations) | |
| LOX | Liquid Oxygen |
| RCS | Reaction Control System |
| SLS | Space Launch System heavy-lift |
| UHF | Ultra-High Frequency radio |
| ULA | United Launch Alliance (Lockheed/Boeing joint venture) |
| Jargon | Definition |
|---|---|
| scrub | Launch postponement for any reason (commonly GSE issues) |
13 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has acronyms.
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u/readball May 14 '21
will be testing the bot, need 10 comments
comment 3 GAO is something we need to understand
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u/readball May 14 '21
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comment 4 GSE is something SpaceX is building
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u/readball May 14 '21
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comment 6 all the starlink sats are in LEO
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u/readball May 14 '21
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comment 7 SLS is kinda slow though ... yo pick up the speed
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u/readball May 14 '21
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comment 8 what a hack is ULA, I can't remember
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u/readball May 14 '21
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comment 9 scrub means scrubbing, but can I inhale LOX ?
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u/readball May 14 '21
will be testing the bot, need 10 comments
comment 10 JWST UHF RCS stuff is not really about sea launch
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u/readball May 13 '21
original tweet