retro

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By firing the retros too late at too shallow an angle, Carpenter had foredoomed his capsule to land far out of the target area.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sid had only the retros and stern rockets, no good for swinging or turning.

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John

The common assorted retros costs from fifty-five to sixty taes in Canton, according to its quality, and is sold in Xapon for one hundred taes.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 19 of 55 1620-1621 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander

But one belch out of them was enough to get me screaming into the mike: "Cut those retros!"

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John

"I'll fire the retros and retard us to the speed of what we're chasing," he said.

From The Trouble with Telstar by Schoenherr, John