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  2. Rocket sled - Wikipedia

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    The sled was then accelerated according to the experiment's design requirements for data collection along a length of isolated, precisely level and straight test track. Testing ejection seat systems and technology prior to their use in experimental or operational aircraft was a common application of the rocket sled at Holloman Air Force Base .

  3. Rocket sled launch - Wikipedia

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    The 1951 film version of When Worlds Collide used a rocket sled to launch the Ark, although the book did not. Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel has a rocket sled in its initial cut-scene. Permission To Die (graphic novel) in an original James Bond story by Mike Grell, a sled-propelled rocket plays a crucial element to the plot.

  4. C-stand - Wikipedia

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    An Avenger brand 2-riser C-stand with a Rocky Mountain leg, 2.5" grip head and 40" grip arm. This stand extends to 10'. In film production, a C-stand (or Century stand) [1] [2] is primarily used to position light modifiers, such as silks, nets, or flags, in front of light sources. [3]

  5. List of Star Wars air, aquatic, and ground vehicles - Wikipedia

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    A full-size skiff was built alongside the sail barge in Yuma. An 81-centimeter miniature was also built, and it was "crewed" by poseable puppets. [8] Skiffs are a common mode of transport on many Star Wars worlds as per in-universe sources, utilizing repulsorlift technology to move cargo and passengers on the cheap.

  6. HH 46/47 - Wikipedia

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    Due to its impact on the field of HH objects, brightness and collimated jet, it is one of the most studied HH objects. [5] [8] An image of a Question Mark associated with the object was reported on 18 August 2023 in The New York Times. [9] Hubble Space Telescope video shows material is moving away from the source. Changes in brightness over the ...

  7. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    Rigel and Aldebaran (top left and right) compared to smaller stars, the Sun (very small dot in lower middle, with orbit of Mercury as yellow ellipse) and transparent sphere with radius of one light-minute. To help compare different distances this section lists lengths starting at 10 10 meters (10 gigameters (Gm) or 10 million kilometers, or 0. ...

  8. Sled - Wikipedia

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    Inflatable sled or tube, a plastic membrane filled with air to make a very lightweight sled, like an inner tube; Foam slider, a flat piece of durable foam with handles and a smooth underside; Backcountry sled, a deep, steerable plastic sled to kneel on with pads and a seat belt; Airboard, a snow bodyboard, i.e. an inflatable single-person sled [15]

  9. Citizen Kane - Wikipedia

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    Any time deep focus was impossible—as in the scene in which Kane finishes a negative review of Susan's opera while at the same time firing the person who began writing the review—an optical printer was used to make the whole screen appear in focus, visually layering one piece of film onto another.