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spaceworthy

spaceworthy adjective: suitable for a launch into, or travel through, space.

Adjective

spaceworthy (comparative more spaceworthy, superlative most spaceworthy)

  1. Suitable for a launch into, or travel through, space.
    • NASA has set Sept. 11, 2008, as the target date for launching a mission intended to revitalize the telescope and keep it spaceworthy into the next decade, according to a planning document made public by nasawatch.com, an independent Web site.2007 January 11, Dennis Overbye, “NASA Schedules Flight to Update Space Telescope”, in New York Times

Forms of spaceworthy

comparativemore spaceworthy
superlativemost spaceworthy
alternative formspace-worthy

Origin of spaceworthy

From space + -worthy, after roadworthy etc.

Words formed from spaceworthy

Questions about spaceworthy

What does spaceworthy mean?
Spaceworthy means suitable for a launch into, or travel through, space.
What part of speech is spaceworthy?
Spaceworthy is an adjective.

Words near spaceworthy in the dictionary

  1. spacewide
  2. spacewise
  3. spacewoman
  4. spacewomen
  5. spaceworthiness
  6. spaceworthy
  7. spacewreck
  8. spacewrecked
  9. spacewrecks
  10. SpaceXer
  11. SpaceXers

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