as in proponent
a person who actively supports or favors a cause
rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs
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Fully stacked on the Super Heavy booster, Starship stands 397 feet tall and is about 30 feet in diameter.
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Michael Sheetz, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Key Facts The Starship and its Super Heavy booster launched near Brownsville, Texas, around 8:25 a.m. EDT, The New York Times reported, and the Super Heavy returned just after 8:30 a.m., when it was caught in mid-air by the two mechanical arms after launching the ship.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
How the solid fuel booster issue might play into that data review and the rocket's eventual certification is not yet known.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
That decade-old effort, which began under then president Barack Obama, is now plagued by skyrocketing costs and, outside of boosters in Congress, faces questions about its necessity.
—Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
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Michael Sheetz, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024
Key Facts The Starship and its Super Heavy booster launched near Brownsville, Texas, around 8:25 a.m. EDT, The New York Times reported, and the Super Heavy returned just after 8:30 a.m., when it was caught in mid-air by the two mechanical arms after launching the ship.
—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
How the solid fuel booster issue might play into that data review and the rocket's eventual certification is not yet known.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
That decade-old effort, which began under then president Barack Obama, is now plagued by skyrocketing costs and, outside of boosters in Congress, faces questions about its necessity.
—Daniel Vergano, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Booster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booster. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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