Suicide Burn Definition
noun
A method of landing a rocket vehicle using rocket thrust, where a precisely timed and metered rocket burn, at the moments before touchdown, is used to soft-land a rocket on its tail.
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An instance of such a landing.
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A rocket firing during such a landing.
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Origin of Suicide Burn
From being an engine burn, whose failure to obtain suitable result, results in destruction.
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