HOPPER

Hopper

Hopper was a proposed European Space Agency orbital and reusable launch vehicle. The shuttle prototype spaceplane was one of several proposals for a European reusable launch vehicle planned to cheaply ferry satellites into orbit by 2015. The 'Phoenix' was a German-European project for a one-seventh scale model of the Hopper concept vehicle.

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hopper

Noun

  1. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
  2. A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
  3. One who hops.
  4. The immature form of a locust
  5. An artificial fishing lure
    To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
  6. An escapement lever in a piano; a grasshopper.


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