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Building work when you are in situ is bad, but in the kitchen is the pits.
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Part of the program was originally that the exploration systems were planned to use methane-oxygen fuel, which can be mined in situ from the lunar or Martian soil.
NASA Issues Contract for Ares I and Ares V Launch Vehicles « Skid Roche 2007
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This form of analysis in situ is therefore probably not parallelled in any other known methods of analysis.
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Dr. BRAWLEY: Yeah, well, first off, ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, is actually not cancer, as its name implies.
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A few summers ago I had the wonderful opportunity of seeing numerous Sèvres masterpieces in situ at Windsor Castle, and in other royal establishments, but right now the public can see a brilliantly cogent display of many of the best and rarest of these remarkable objects in the museum setting.
Sèvres 2009
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A malignancy in situ (Hamas in Gaza) does not tend to become more benign after it grows and metastasizes (Hamas in control of the PA).
The Volokh Conspiracy » More on “What if the Palestinians Don’t Want a State?” 2010
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Should Blair become Council President, the UK's prime-minister-in-waiting David Cameron – not a fan of the Lisbon Treaty – would be confronted with the delightful prospect of not only having a Labour commissioner in situ in Brussels, but being forced to sit with other EU leaders at meetings chaired by Tony Blair, the Conservatives 'arch-nemesis who annihilated his party in three consecutive elections.
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In human spaceflight NASA needs to focus its energy on human research, technology development and research specifically applicable for future space systems development, including in situ resource utilization, establishment of standards for safety and operation.
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Without knowing more details of the in situ situation, cost of transportation can not be rationally evaluated.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill - and NASA - NASA Watch 2009
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It also ignores the recursive value to cause of human spaceflight by showing how useful humans in situ can really be.
Candid Comments on the Constellation Program - NASA Watch 2009
elfflame commented on the word situ
n. situation or position, esp. the normal position of an organ or other part of a living thing.
Special Usage LAW the place to which, for purposes of legal jurisdiction or taxation, a property belongs.
April 26, 2020
elfflame commented on the word situ
"Christine's team had opened the sarcophagus in situ and shipped it over in multiple crates, to be lovingly reassembled for the exhibit."
Widdershins (Whyborn & Griffin) by Jordan L Hawk
April 26, 2020