spaceworthy
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
space + -worthy, after roadworthy etc.
Adjective
spaceworthy (comparative more spaceworthy, superlative most spaceworthy)
- Suitable for a launch into, or travel through, space.
- 2007 January 11, Dennis Overbye, “NASA Schedules Flight to Update Space Telescope”, in New York Times[1]:
- NASA has set Sept. 11, 2008, as the target date for launching a mission intended to revitalize the telescope and keep it spaceworthy into the next decade, according to a planning document made public by nasawatch.com, an independent Web site.