SpaceWordGame

A fun way to get up to speed on space jargon, by proposing better meanings for exciting-sounding words from way way up beyond the atmosphere. There are many fabulous words used in the space business every day -- bring them into your workplace with you, fresh with new meanings, and impress your co-workers. With a nod to Douglas Adams and John Lloyd who did something much more powerful for placenames, this was inspired by The Snowball Herminator, who takes all credit and no responsibility.

2011-03-04

Ullage

This is almost a second part to 'bladder'. Ullage is the volume in a closed container which is not occupied by the stored material, such as fuel. Its also sometimes used to refer to a manoeuvre deliberately to move floating fuel in a tank to the tank exit pipe. Dedicated ullage thrusters have been used during the Saturn IV-V era.

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/blo1s861.htm

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2011-03-04

Ullage

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