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after that nightmarish storm, the sailors were grateful to reach terra firma
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And that's important, because Orion — like the Apollo capsules before it — is designed to splash down in the ocean, not land on terra firma.
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The same equipment that keeps the Grenadier gripped up and comfortable on the terra firma also behooves its ride around town.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Yet the sensation of a work that, in translation from one medium to another, no longer defies gravity but sort of roughly plummets back down to terra firma can’t easily be shaken off.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
That’s a bold way for a singer who hasn’t been known primarily for being in the theater arena that long to start off with — maybe too bold, in declaring that Streisand’s turf is her terra firma, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
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Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2026
The same equipment that keeps the Grenadier gripped up and comfortable on the terra firma also behooves its ride around town.
—Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Yet the sensation of a work that, in translation from one medium to another, no longer defies gravity but sort of roughly plummets back down to terra firma can’t easily be shaken off.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
That’s a bold way for a singer who hasn’t been known primarily for being in the theater arena that long to start off with — maybe too bold, in declaring that Streisand’s turf is her terra firma, too.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Terra firma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terra%20firma. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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