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spaceport

/speys-pawrt, -pohrt/US // ˈspeɪsˌpɔrt, -ˌpoʊrt //UK // (ˈspeɪsˌpɔːt) //

空间站,太空港,空间港,太空站

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a site at which spacecraft are tested, launched, sheltered, maintained, etc.

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Examples

  • Between the job postings and Elon Musk’s tweet that the spaceports were intended for launches to Mars, the moon, and hypersonic travel around Earth, the whole thing seemed somewhat outlandish.

  • To help design and build an offshore rocket launch facility—aka, a floating spaceport.

  • Poor weather prevented Astra launch attempts on Friday and through the weekend, but by Tuesday, the upper-level winds over the spaceport in Kodiak, Alaska, lessened, Ars reports.

  • Then there is the case of Spaceport America in New Mexico, near the small city of Truth & Consequences.

  • Building the Spaceport cost New Mexico taxpayers $212 million.

  • Musk is there, too, having taken a three-year lease at Spaceport for testing reusable rockets.

  • As a trade-off for those funds, Galactic is committed to creating a Spaceport in Abu Dhabi—a place that loves excess.

  • "Spaceport traffic control to Polaris," reported the traffic officer, his face in focus on the teleceiver screen.

  • I have permission for you to visit the city before we leave Council Spaceport.

  • "Spaceport traffic control to Connel," came a voice in reply over the audioceiver.

  • Harrison was vacationing and he viewed the emergency contact from Intersolar Spaceport with annoyance.

  • It was near midnight, and the sky over Nome Spaceport was bright with stars.