mother ship
a vessel or craft that services others operating far from a home port or center.
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“Workcation suggests that you’re not working,” he said, “but you can be sitting in Bali and working harder” than you did on the mother ship.
Was a three-week trip to New Orleans for work or vacation? Both. | Andrea Sachs | February 19, 2021 | Washington PostUnlike traditional rockets that take off vertically from a launchpad, Virgin Galactic launches its spacecraft from a mother ship, which carries the spacecraft to an altitude of more than 40,000 feet.
Virgin Galactic ordered safety probe after wing of spacecraft was damaged during 2019 flight, book says | Christian Davenport | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostLike Virgin Galactic’s spaceship, the rocket is tethered to a mother ship, in this case a 747, that takes it to an altitude of some 40,000 feet.
2021 could be a huge year for space. Here’s what’s to come from NASA, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos. | Christian Davenport | December 30, 2020 | Washington PostA star presenter at Fox News exits the mother ship amid controversy, lured away by a rival network.
Shepard Smith was a big catch for CNBC. But the viewers haven’t followed him from Fox. | Paul Farhi | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostThe boats can spend years at sea, periodically off-loading their catch to refrigerated mother ships and taking on fresh supplies.
He who once sailed the deep in the SEAL mother ship now sits in a New York City jail cell.
Former Navy Officer Bryan Caisse Is Accused of Defrauding Friends and Classmates | Michael Daly | January 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA few moments later the airplanes came winging back to their mother ship.
The Onslaught from Rigel | Fletcher PrattFor this reason submarines always require to act in concert with what has been called a “mother ship.”
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. KingstonYou are far from home without a mother-ship, or she would have found you and furnished oil before this.
The Wreck of the Titan | Morgan RobertsonBehind the battle line lay the Ark Royal, a mother ship for seaplanes.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward ParrottLors, watching the screen, saw the oblong shape of the mother ship blurp into view and called out its position to his friend.
The Sex Life of the Gods | Michael Knerr
British Dictionary definitions for mother ship
a ship providing facilities and supplies for a number of small vessels
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