launching platform

At that point, it seemed as if West might be permanently decentering himself, or at least using his success primarily as a launching platform for others.

“We launch rockets on the ground with relatively mature technology, but we are using the lander as the launching platform on the lunar surface,” he said.

Yu Dengyun, deputy chief designer of China's lunar exploration project, told China's state television network that this mission will be very complex, pointing out that "we launch rockets on the ground with relatively mature technology, but we are using the lander as the launching platform on the lunar surface. How to dissipate heat, how to divert flows and how to control the rising process are what we have never done before. These are hard nuts to crack."

One summer, I became obsessed with the idea of actually seeing the famed fireworks shoot skyward from their protected launching platform in a backstage industrial area.

The NBC reality series is widely considered to be the true launching platform for Trump’s political career, but it also gave Manigault a long career as one of unscripted television’s most famous villains.