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rocket sled
noun
- a sled propelled along a long track by rocket engines, for testing the effects of high rates of acceleration and deceleration.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rocket sled1
First recorded in 1950–55
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Just as I never looked at Usain Bolt, the great Jamaican sprinter, and mused: What would he be like on a rocket sled?
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The Kokomo Tribune reports that the rocket sled is an obscure piece of military equipment used to test an ejection-rescue system for the B-58 Hustler bomber plane.
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Engineers tested the rocket sled by accelerating to supersonic speeds and launching a fully pressurized capsule into the sky.
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Two minutes into Trump’s bid for the White House, and we were on a rocket sled screaming full speed straight downhill on a ride that is still going.
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Natalia Ocampo, the rocket sled project manager for the launch.
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