launchpads
Missile departure points
Launchpads are platforms from which rockets or spacecraft are launched.
The term extends to anything that serves as a starting point for advancement: a job can be a launchpad for a career, a small business a launchpad for larger ventures.
She used the internship as a launchpad into the industry.
Moment of ascent
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- missionPurpose-driven task
- rocketPropulsion-driven spacecraft
- shuttleShort-distance transport
spacecraft · cosmodrome · spaceport · propulsion · thrust · booster · payload · satellite
Newly launched businesses
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- ideationForming mental concepts
prototype · iteration · venture · scalability · disruption · breakthrough · brainstorming · creativity
Duration-tracking mechanism
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- blastoffRocket launch moment
- checklistItemized verification guide
readiness · abort · hold · synchronize · announcement · voiceover · tension · anticipation
liftoff
Moment of ascent
shuttle · spacecraft · cosmodrome · spaceport · propulsion · thrust · booster · payload · satellite · orbiter
startups
Newly launched businesses
- incubatorControlled warming enclosure
- acceleratorSpeed control mechanism
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
ideation · prototype · iteration · venture · scalability · disruption · breakthrough · brainstorming · creativity · pioneering
timer
Duration-tracking mechanism
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- ignitionStarting combustion process
- blastoffRocket launch moment
checklist · readiness · abort · hold · synchronize · announcement · voiceover · tension · anticipation
- rocketryrocket, rockets, rocket fuel, rocket engine, rocket engines
launchpadslanding strips
Surfaces for aircraft arrival
landing pads · runways · landing fields · docking stations · destinations
launchpadsdead ends
Routes with no exit
endpoints · finish lines · cul-de-sacs · conclusions · retirement homes