Brennschluss
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Brennschluss is an English borrowed term (from German): The moment in the trajectory of a rocket when the fuel burns out, after which it continues with its own momentum for some distance and then begins to succumb to gravity; all-burnt, burn-out. The cessation of burning in a rocket, resulting from consumption of the propellants, from deliberate shutoff, or from other cause; the time at which this cessation occurs.[1]
In the 1950s, former German rocket engineer Willy Ley, who had emigrated before the Anschluss and hence never worked on the V-2 rocket tried to get this term used by the English-speaking aerospace industry.[citation needed] The British used the term "all-burnt"[citation needed] while the Americans used "burn-out."[citation needed]
[edit] Cultural references
The term Brennschluss is used in various English works, including:
- the book Gravity's Rainbow
- the novels Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet, Double Star, and The Rolling Stones (novel).
[edit] References
- ^ "NASA Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use" (html). http://er.jsc.nasa.gov/seh/menu.html. Retrieved tbd.
