reusable - expendable - reusable
1Reusable launch system — A reusable launch system (or reusable launch vehicle, RLV) is a launch system which is capable of launching a launch vehicle into space more than once. This contrasts with expendable launch systems, where each launch vehicle is launched once and… …
2Expendable launch system — An expendable launch system is a launch system that uses an expendable launch vehicle (ELV) to carry a payload into space. The vehicles used in expendable launch systems are designed to be used only once (i.e. they are expended during a single… …
3expendable — 1. adjective a) Able to be expended; not inexhaustible. Oil and other expendable resources are frequently the subject of military disputes. b) Designed for a single use; not reusable. The anti ai …
4expendable — expendability, n. /ik spen deuh beuhl/, adj. 1. capable of being expended. 2. (of an item of equipment or supply) consumed in use or not reusable. 3. considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining. 4. Mil. (of personnel, equipment, or… …
5reusable — adjective a) able to be used again; especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing b) (of a program) Able to be executed by several tasks without being reloaded; either reentrant or serially reusable …
6expendable — ex•pend•a•ble [[t]ɪkˈspɛn də bəl[/t]] adj. 1) capable of being expended 2) consumed in use or not reusable 3) considered to be not worth keeping or maintaining 4) Usu., expendables. an expendable person or thing • Etymology: 1795–1805 ex•pend… …
7launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …
8Spaceflight — For the magazine published by the British Interplanetary Society, see Spaceflight (magazine). For the 1985 PBS documentary series narrated by Martin Sheen, see Spaceflight (TV series). For the Sam Lazar album, see Space Flight (album). Part of a… …
9Single-stage-to-orbit — The VentureStar was a proposed SSTO spaceplane. A single stage to orbit (or SSTO) vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body without jettisoning hardware, expending only propellants and fluids. The term usually, but not exclusively, refers… …
10Space Shuttle — STS redirects here. For other uses, see STS (disambiguation). This article is about the NASA Space Transportation System vehicle. For the associated NASA STS program, see Space Shuttle program. For other shuttles and aerospace vehicles, see… …
