taffy-pull terrain n.— «This Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) image shows an example of the extremely odd, seemingly scrambled layered rocks exposed by erosion near the deepest part of the deepest basin on Mars, Hellas...
barf buzzard n.— «Officially, NASA’s C-135 was designated the Reduced Gravity Aircraft; unofficially, hapless trainees dubbed it the “vomit comet’”barf buzzard,” and “weightless wonder.”» —by Roger E...
vomit comet n.— «Officially, NASA’s C-135 was designated the Reduced Gravity Aircraft; unofficially, hapless trainees dubbed it the “vomit comet,” “barf buzzard,” and “weightless wonder.”» —by...
data Valdez n.— «Second “Data Valdez”…Shortly after the JetBlue scandal broke, Northwest Airlines admitted to handing over to NASA three months’ worth of passenger records—once more for data-mining research...
descope v.— «I’ve been collecting examples of the jargon in common use by people at NASA Headquarters.…Descope: verb, to redesign a project as a result of budget cuts (not the opposite of scope, q.v.).» —“Glossary of NASA...