Our main thruster was malfunctioning, which called for an emergency landing, and I picked the least populated area in the vicinity. From Wordnik.com. [BY THE BOOK • by Aurelio Rico Lopez III] Reference
And ESA has also validated the concept behind the thruster, which is this double layer concept. From Wordnik.com. [Universe Today] Reference
It creates that -- those thruster firings on orbit. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
Spikes of blue flame erupted from the thruster ports. From Wordnik.com. [Genellan- Planetfall]
The sender was near one thruster unit of her flycycle. From Wordnik.com. [Ringworld]
Then I lost the generator that runs the bough thruster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004] Reference
Maybe one thruster didn't deploy properly or lost something. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 23, 2009] Reference
Brink kept his hand on his suit thruster controls, to no avail. From Wordnik.com. [The Dig]
Robots and humans working together restored Envoy's plasma thruster. From Wordnik.com. [Starfarers]
He used the little thruster to put him just under the stepping disk. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Throne]
Each lifeboat has an engine as well as the initial break-away thruster. From Wordnik.com. [Damia's Children]
Then I lost an engine, then I lost a generator that runs the bow thruster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004] Reference
"The shields are draining power from thruster capacity!" an engineer said. From Wordnik.com. [The Fearful Summons]
Costas gunned the main thruster and swung the Aquapod down towards the berg. From Wordnik.com. [Crusader Gold]
He took the helmet from Kami-ton and the harness of the one-man thruster pack. From Wordnik.com. [Freedoms Challenge]
There has to be a thruster to drive the compartments away from the doomed donut. From Wordnik.com. [Passage at Arms]
Still trying to work out that small thruster problem, thermometer or heater issue. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2006] Reference
Even the fusion plant which powered the thruster was designed with safety in mind. From Wordnik.com. [A Hole In Space]
One thruster broke free of its stern mounting, was followed by a section of broken bow. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Hole]
Apparently, the thruster isn't working properly and Japan launched this probe back in 2003. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2005] Reference
That was the rocket thruster firing, the final thruster firing before -- there it is, boom!. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2008] Reference
I lost a lot of systems, ended up with just one engine and no steering and no bough thruster. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004] Reference
Another locker held modified flying belts, with repulsers over the shoulders and a small thruster. From Wordnik.com. [The Ringworld Engineers]
You can see the thruster jets firing as the orbiter is being maneuver for the hand held photography. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2007] Reference
One minute later, Garriott begins a second countdown, this time to signal the end of the thruster burn. From Wordnik.com. [Going to Space? First Stop: Eight Months of Grueling Training in Russia's Star City] Reference
MCINTYRE: Well I think that would put me into what we call a reverse thruster mode, if you get my drift. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 13, 2006] Reference
The speaker was a big, broad-shouldered American of the thruster school, heavy jaw, black hair and hurry. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
Yes, the aircraft has apparently developed a thruster problem and is shaking after landing on an asteroid. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 26, 2005] Reference
Daeman looked at the real-time image of the linear accelerator again and set his thumb above the thruster initiate button again. From Wordnik.com. [Ilium]
Moving to the power plant he examined the reactor's cover and seals for seepage and the thruster nozzles and gimbals for cracks and wear. From Wordnik.com. [The Universe — or Nothing] Reference
NGUYEN: Well, let me ask you this quickly, Miles, because yesterday we were talking about that thruster that was having a bit of a problem. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 2, 2006] Reference
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