| 单词 | space station |
| 释义 | > as lemmasspace station space station n. Astronautics a large artificial satellite intended as a long-term base for manned operations in space. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > satellite space station1930 artificial satellite1936 satellite1936 satellite station1945 earth satellite1949 space platform1951 space satellite1952 satelloid1955 sputnik1957 orbiter1958 1929 Science Wonder Stories Sept. 365 (heading) The spatial station as a basis for spatial travel.] 1930 H. Gernsback in Air Wonder Stories Apr. 869/1 It might be asked: what useful purpose would be served by converting a space-flyer into a permanent, rapidly-revolving satellite of the earth in this manner? Professor Hermann Oberth, perhaps the greatest authority on interplanetary space, points out many uses for such revolving ‘space stations’, as he calls them. 1931 Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman 2 June 2/2 Joined, they [sc. rocket units] would form a hermetically sealed space station with oxygen supply for its crew and surplus fuel for rockets en route to more distant goals. 1956 J. G. Porter in A. Pryce-Jones New Outl. Mod. Knowl. 135 We are to visualize a space station, a sort of artificial satellite of the earth which is to act as a landing stage for all space ships. 1979 A. C. Clarke Fountains of Paradise 169 A space-station assembly supervisor, accustomed to working under zero gravity, had forgotten that though he was in space he was not in orbit. 2004 New Scientist 2 Oct. 6/4 NASA might evacuate the International Space Station if oxygen reserves drop lower than 45 days. < as lemmas |
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