Capcom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of capsule communicator; a NASA position, the liaison between an in-space crew and mission control. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

    "Normally, the Capcom was a fellow astronaut. At Mission Control in Mission Elapsed Time 6:37, the man sitting at the fourth Houston seat in the second row of consoles at Mission Control was Capcom Michael Collins, who had been scrubbed from this very mission due to the occurrence of a bone spur on his spine."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM. alt-of
  3. 3
    Alternative letter-case form of CAPCOM. alt-of

Synonyms

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fido

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"Normally, the Capcom was a fellow astronaut. At Mission Control in Mission Elapsed Time 6:37, the man sitting at the fourth Houston seat in the second row of consoles at Mission Control was Capcom Michael Collins, who had been scrubbed from this very mission due to the occurrence of a bone spur on his spine."

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capsule communicator

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