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- adjective Capable of being
jettisoned .
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Examples
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SM protected by jettisonable spacecraft adapter & staging conditions optimized.
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This put all systems and space not necessary for re-entry and recovery outside of the re-entry vehicle, into a separate jettisonable 'mission module', joined to the re-entry vehicle by a hatch.
Archive 2006-05-01 Zoe Brain 2006
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This put all systems and space not necessary for re-entry and recovery outside of the re-entry vehicle, into a separate jettisonable 'mission module', joined to the re-entry vehicle by a hatch.
The CEV SNAFU Zoe Brain 2006
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On the safety concern I believe nowadays the outer skin can be made of materials able to withstand the impact of birds etc without being too heavy, compartimentalisation helps too, to keep toying with ideas I reckon one of the nacelles could be jettisonable and have a big fat parachute.
Wired Top Stories Jason Paur 2011
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The Democrats promised "hope" and "change" and proceeded to prove that their "beliefs" were every bit as jettisonable as those of the Republicans.
HeraldNet.com Local, Sports, Business and Entertainment News 2010
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