Iridium Announces Date for Fifth IridiumŪ NEXT LaunchFirst Iridium launch of 2018 set to begin rapid launch cadence targeting completion by mid-year<snip> and begin a rapid-cadence launch schedule targeting completion of the Iridium manifest by mid-2018<snip>
Quote from: gongora on 01/22/2018 03:12 pmIridium Announces Date for Fifth IridiumŪ NEXT LaunchFirst Iridium launch of 2018 set to begin rapid launch cadence targeting completion by mid-year<snip> and begin a rapid-cadence launch schedule targeting completion of the Iridium manifest by mid-2018<snip> ... ahem (clears throat)... well, I've just read the above press release from Iridium and I can't contain myself any longer, so here goes:<teacher-mode>Please, please, could all of us space enthusiasts stop writing "launch cadence" when we clearly mean "launch tempo"? Cadences are the risings and fallings of the voice when reciting, originally and especially a final fall (cadere, to fall or decline, as in decadence and decay). "Launch cadences" would mean "launch rises and falls", and the singular "launch cadence" would be "launch fade to silence".
Cadences are the risings and fallings of the voice when reciting, originally and especially a final fall (cadere, to fall or decline, as in decadence and decay). "Launch cadences" would mean "launch rises and falls", and the singular "launch cadence" would be "launch fade to silence".