Launch platform

As a result, the timely arrival of the chemical made it a war hero. Combined with a strategy of eradication (rather than control) of pest insects, DDT was used on a massive scale, received international press, and was incorporated into the propaganda machine of the late war period. This provided it an easy launching platform into civilian markets upon the cessation of hostilities. 

Figure 11 The launch platform plant A device aimed at avoiding a significant plant construction task by retrofit of the new bulk drug process into an existing plant dedicated to first manufacture only.

Anyone who has visited the Kennedy Space Center and seen the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB)—originally built to process the Saturn V and currently used to assemble the Space Shuttle and its external tanks and solid rocket boosters—and the crawler-transporter— used to move the final assembled vehicle and mobile launch platform from the VAB to the launch pad—has an appreciation for the massive infrastructure requirements of a major space project. The ISS program has benefited substantially from the existence of the Apollo-era... 

This andit would form the launch platform for further innovation and intervention to improve safety culture. 

Manson, M. P. Guns, Mortars, and Rockets. London Brassey s United Kingdom, 1997. Documents the historical development of artillery, emphasizing three types of missile launch platforms-guns, mortars, and rockets. 

In 2000, the PBMR (Pty) Ltd. company was formed with international investment partners to build and market PBMR-based power plants. Since the technology had not previously been commercialized, the intention to build and operate a single module to serve as a demonstration plant and as a launch platform for local and international sales, and an associated fuel plant, was publicized. Successful completion of the demonstration phase will be followed by commercialization, with ESKOM likely to be the first customer [XIV-6]. 

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