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As followers of our epic Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) project will know, we recently laid our grubby mitts on a RockBLOCK Iridium satellite comms unit, courtesy of Rock Seven, and we're now giving one linguistically deft reader the chance to do the same. Top and bottom views of the RockBLOCK In fact, this is …

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  1. SuperTim
    Happy

    GAGA

    Ground Activated Guillotine Apparatus

  2. Brian de Ford

    Bod

    Box Of Doom. BOD. Says it all.

  3. Caff

    TWERK

    Trigger Widget Ejection Rockblock Kill-switch

  4. Jayce and the Wheeled Chairs
    Mushroom

    BOMBERS

    Bulky Orb Manual Breakaway Emergency Release Systems

  5. BugsMan

    PANIC-BUTTON Programmable Aerospace Nullification Instruction Chipset - Because Unwelcome Termination Tactic Ordered by Nimby Or just use PANIC on its own

  6. Thomas Whipp

    CURFEW

    Command

    Utility

    Required

    For

    Emergency

    Wipe-out

  7. Code Monkey

    FLAPS

    Flying LOHAN Aeroplane Protection System

  8. Simon Harris
    Alert

    Missing....

    Surely the flashing green LED should be replaced by a 6 digit 7-segment count-down display

    and there needs to be an equally preposterous cancel button that always stops the countdown at 00:00:01.

  9. Omgwtfbbqtime

    RABID

    Red

    Alert!

    Bring

    It

    Down!

  10. Omgwtfbbqtime

    HOOKER

    Heuristically

    Operated

    Orbital

    Kill

    Endangering

    Rockblock

  11. bill 20

    BROWNPANTS

    The BROWNPANTS Box….

    Backup

    Release

    On

    Worrying

    Nearness

    (of)

    People

    And

    Nasty

    Technology

    Scenario

    Ho-hum, back to my day job now :(

  12. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    BRB

    As an homage to the (satirical or offensive, depending on taste) Amiga game 'Nuclear War' by New World Computing in 1990

    BRB - meaning "Big Red Button"

    [it's Monday and you want linguistic cleverness?]

  13. SW10

    ROCKS(OFF)

    Remotely-Operated Control Kill Switch (Orbiter Flight FAIL)

  14. simlb
    Happy

    HANDJOB

    High

    Altitude

    Near

    Disaster

    Judicious

    Orbital

    Blowoff

    1. GaryBarber
      Thumb Up

      Re: HANDJOB

      Awwww!

      I spent at least 2 minutes coming up with Hand Actuacted Nubbin Destroys Jumbo Orbital Balloon

  15. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Cut

    Units

    Nether

    Truss

  16. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    EXPLLODES! (exclamation mark strongly recommended)

    EXpect

    Problems?

    Luckily

    LOHAN

    Only

    Descends

    Earthwards

    Safely

  17. simlb
    Happy

    ORGASM

    Orbital

    Recalcitrant

    Globe

    Advanced

    Suspender

    Manipulator

  18. Yet Another Commentard

    CYRUS

    Critical Yank Release Under Stress

  19. Mr Temporary Handle

    Ouch!

    Orbiter Umbilical Cut-away Hack!

  20. Thomas Gray

    CAT

    Cut Aeroplane Tether

  21. Pet Peeve

    CRASH

    Contingency

    Rockblock

    Abort

    System

    Housing

    What, too on-the-nose?

  22. Annihilator

    The Orb's Wireless In-flight Ejector (TOWIE)

    Just think how confused the people interested in TOWIE would be having googled and ended up here...

  23. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    DIVORCE

    Digitally Initiated Voyage and Operations Remote Cancellation Equipment

  24. Simon Dax

    YANKS

    Yet Another Nerdish Kill Switch

  25. TRT

    PECKoR

    Payload

    Emergency

    Cut-down

    Key operated

    Remote

  26. Cliff

    MILEY

    Mile-high Irridium Location Establisher Yielder

  27. Jim Lewis

    EROTIC

    Emergency

    RockBlock

    Operated

    Transmitter

    Inititiated

    Cut-Down

    'LOHAN near populated area in EROTIC episode'

  28. Chris G

    Hmmmm

    Electronic

    Lohan

    Rockblock

    Ejection

    Gadget

  29. TaffiaCapoDeTuttiCapo

    REHAB

    Remote Emergency Handy Arresting Box?

  30. Steven Raith
    Happy

    SCAT

    Satellite Comms Accessible Telecoms.

    Shut up, I know it doesn't work, I just wanted a justification to type SCAT. :-)

    Steven R

  31. Simple Si

    PISSFLAPS

    Portable

    Interface

    Secure

    Safety

    Flight

    Launch

    Aborting

    Panic

    Switch

  32. bluefin333
    Alert

    WINFREY

    (W)irelessly

    (I)nitiated

    (N)oncontact

    (F)ailsafe

    (R)equires

    (E)nergetic

    (Y)agi

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  34. Inertia

    Fatally

    Underwhelming

    Balloon

    Apparatus

    Recall

    ==

    General

    Abort

    Function

    Facilitator

    ==

    Three-stage

    Wayward

    Arrest

    Terminal

  35. breakfast

    Peak of the flight?

    Cease LOHAN Immediately- Must Abort Xplosively

  36. Barely registers

    WHAP BAP

    "We Have A Problem" Ballocket Abort Panel

  37. cbars Silver badge

    FAILED

    Fatal Ailment Interrupting Linked Emergency Device

  38. Chris G

    EVACUATE

    I didn't see a rule against more than one try so:-

    Extinct

    Volcano

    Command

    Under

    Adverse

    Telemetry

    Event

    1. Adam-the-Kiwi

      Re: EVACUATE

      You're missing an 'A' there. How about:

      Emergency

      Vehicle

      Abort

      Command

      Under

      Adverse

      Telemetry

      Event

      ?

  39. Bernd Lauert

    MORAL

    As you refer to a _mighty_ orb. For looking better to native speakers someone have to fix the trailing e.

  40. Bernd Lauert

    MAD

    Mission abort device

  41. doug johnston

    SPLATTER

    Stray Path Lived-in Areas Threatened Termination Execution Realiser

  42. DrPopylofticus

    BLOFELD

    Bye

    Low

    Orbit

    Friend,

    Emergency

    Lever

    Depressed

  43. Dance of light
    Go

    MINAJ

    Miniature Intelligent Navigation Abort Jig !

  44. Paladin

    Can I have three goes?

    OOPS!

    Orbital Object Payload Severer

    DR. NO

    Direct Relay Neutralises Orbiter

    DO NOT PRESS!

    Damn Orbiters' Nearing Only Town Present! Register Expecting S*** Storm!

    I'll get my coat!

  45. chuBb.

    2 for consideration

    POPTART

    ========

    Payload

    Orb

    Parting

    Technology

    Abort

    Radio

    Transciever

    TULISA

    ======

    Transmitted

    Untether (and)

    Let-go

    Instigation

    Saftey

    Apparatus

  46. DrPopylofticus

    JOLIE

    Jettison

    Orb (from)

    LOHAN

    In

    Emergency

  47. Davd K Harris

    FECKLESS

    Field

    Equipped

    Communications

    Kinesthetic

    Learning

    Emergency

    Status

    System

  48. GaryBarber

    SCISSORS

    Satellite

    Controlled

    Imminent

    Sticky

    Situation

    Orbiter

    Release

    System

  49. Rob Carriere

    DEATH

    Device to

    Eradicate

    All

    Threats to

    Humans

  50. James Green

    From the photo showing the battery pack...

    There appears to be a battery missing, so as well as the comical box we may also have a comical scrabble to sort the loose wire (or in this case the missing battery).

    1. daveake

      Re: From the photo showing the battery pack...

      Er, yes, that's how I switch it off you see :-)

  51. Professor Falken

    How about....

    Physically

    Under

    Slung

    Severance

    Yoke

  52. Rob Carriere

    DISASTER

    Device to

    Insure

    Safe

    And

    Sound

    Termination of

    Effort at

    Rocketry

  53. Red Bren

    VAGINA

    Vehicle

    Abort

    Gear

    If

    Need

    Arises

  54. bluefin333

    LOVELACE

    (L)OHAN

    (O)rbiter

    (V)ertical

    (E)mergency

    (L)ongrange

    (A)ltitude

    (C)orrection

    (E)quipment

  55. Sir Sham Cad

    KABOOM

    Kill Airborne Balloon Over Operational Mishap

  56. Professor Clifton Shallot

    Counterintuitive for an orb-freeing mechanism but

    Balloon

    Release

    Apparatus

    Is succinct.

  57. Jim Lewis

    LUNATIC

    LOHAN

    Undesired

    Near

    Approach

    Transmitter

    Initiated

    Cut-Down

    'LUNATIC prevents disaster after SPEARS failure'

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      Re: LUNATIC

      Or, indeed, "That SPEARS LUNATIC is causing trouble in Spain"

  58. Graham Marsden

    MINGE

    Miniature In-flight Navigator Gadget Eliminator

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  60. Dance of light
    Go

    LOHAN - shoplift

    Sudden High Orbit PuLse Initiated Free Tether

    If it does not get used -> LOHAN avoids SHOPlIFT-ing ;-)

  61. QuinnDexter

    SELINA GOMEZ

    Satelite

    Enabled

    Liberation

    Instrument

    Nominally

    Avoids

    Going

    Over

    Meatsacks'

    Existance

    Zone

  62. Paladin

    Another couple - It's been a slow day!

    WASTED

    Wirelessly Activated System Terminates El' (Reg) Development

    (e.g. LOHAN gets WASTED)

    COURT

    Critical Orbiter Unsafe Release Terminal

    (e.g. LOHAN in COURT drama)

  63. Vortex

    SPHINCTER

    Spanish

    Pilot

    Hazard

    Is

    Now

    Cut

    To

    Earth

    Return

  64. Vulch

    WHITECAT

    Water

    Hating

    Iridium

    TEther

    Cutting

    Abort

    Transmitter

  65. signpost

    LADSMAG

    Last And Definitively Switched Mission Abort Gadget

  66. Destinys Agent

    I didn't see a rule restricting multiple entries so here goes:

    CRUFTS - Craft Returns Uncontrolled From The Sky

    GIVE-UP - Gravity Initiates Vehicular Equipment's Unconditional Precipitation

    UPLIFTED - Unconditional Panic Letting It Fall To Earth Deliberately

    And my personal favorite

    SCUPPER - Secure Call Upon Problem Performing Earth Return

  67. foolonthehill

    Not sure about the final N, but...

    KARDASHIAN - Key Activated Remote Detach Apparatus Safely Halting Increased Altitude Now

    (or maybe Key Activated Remote Detach Agent Sending Height Interupt Abort Notice.)

  68. Omgwtfbbqtime

    DRUGS

    Destructive

    Release

    Under

    Guidance

    Safely

  69. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    FUBAR

    Float

    Undo

    Balloon

    Auto

    Release

    BUGRIT

    Balloon

    Unlatch

    Gizmo

    Releases

    In

    Time

    TUFT

    That's

    Utterly

    Fucked

    Then

    BOC

    Beer

    O'

    Clock

  70. foolonthehill
    Big Brother

    Of course, having already been to REHAB, noone wants to see LOHAN subsequently head off to JAIL:

    Just-in-time Abort Instruction Lever

    (or perhaps Judicial, as it's been imposed by the Authorities)

  71. Chris G

    There's more:- Paris

    Prompt

    Abort

    Rockblock

    Iridium

    Switching

  72. Pete 2 Silver badge

    Named as it does

    Detachable

    Radio

    Operated

    Personnel

    Safety

    Yanker

    or:

    Special

    Purpose

    Long-range

    Altitude

    Termination

    P.S. <gift horse>Does the winner have to pay the £8+VAT/month line rental, or is this thrown in for free?</gift horse>

  73. sjsmoto

    SOD OFF

    Spanish

    Overpass

    Dump

    Offending

    Freight

    Fast

  74. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    SHOPLIFTER

    Satellite Human-Operated PayLoad Imminent Failure Tether Emergency Release

  75. ElNumbre
    Boffin

    MILEY TWERK

    Manual

    Intervention

    Low

    Earth

    Yielding

    Technical

    Weaponised

    Explosive

    Recovery

    Kit

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  77. Robin Bradshaw

    HERPES

    High-altitude

    Emergency

    Remote

    Protective

    Equipment

    System

  78. feroluce

    SAD FACE

    System

    Accidental

    Drift

    FAilsafe

    Carriage (or Cargo)

    Eject

    It also gives you the opportunity for Totally tasteful artwork on the Abort Box.

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  80. Uncle Siggy

    BUST

    Bust

    Up

    Sachet

    Terminius

    BURST

    Burst

    Uprising

    Random

    Sailing

    Terminus

    BAIL

    Bail

    Altitude

    Initiation

    Lever

  81. John Watts

    KT PRICE

    Kill The Payload Reliably In Case of Emergency

    or, if we're being strict ...

    Kill The Payload Reliably In Certain Emergencies

  82. Snafu1

    Controller-

    Optimised

    Neutralisation

    Device

    Operated

    Manually

  83. Captain DaFt

    Since he's associated with catastrophe and sudden downturns:

    E-mergency

    L-aunch

    O-f

    P-arachute

  84. simlb
    Happy

    FELLATIO

    Fully

    Electronic

    Lohan

    Logistical

    Altitude

    Termination

    Insurance

    Object

  85. simlb
    Happy

    INCEST

    Impending

    Non

    Compliance

    Electronic

    Stratodangle

    Terminator

  86. Mr Young

    BRAB -

    Big Red Abort Button.

    Bonus points for containing the word bra as well hopefully;

  87. Graham O'Brien

    Since it will result in the high-speed release of a smallish communications unit

    NAOMI

    Navigation

    Abort

    Operation

    Manual

    Initiation

  88. Ian Michael Gumby

    Something more fitting.

    RockBlock

    Emergency

    High

    Altitude

    Abort

    Button

    Pronounced Rehab something that Lohan is very familiar with... ;-)

  89. Don Jefe

    TOSSPOT

    Terminated

    Orbit

    Safety

    System

    Primed

    On

    Takeoff

  90. Rob Moir

    MILEY

    Mission

    Inhbiiter

    Lohan

    EmergencY

  91. The Vociferous Time Waster

    A few ideas...

    Button

    Allows

    Lohan

    Loss

    Cause

    Orbital

    Clean

    Kill

    Manually

    Undergo

    Free

    Fall

    Destroy

    Iridium

    Verson 2

    Extremely

    Rapidly

    Jetison

    Iridium

    Safety

    Module

    Ejector

    Jetisons

    Every

    Conceivable

    Trace

    Of

    Rocket

  92. Ginger

    OS HIT

    Open source high impact terminator

    The fact it's probably not actually open source is a minor detail that should troll the stallmanites every time it's mentioned.

  93. Adam Foxton

    Acronyms suitable for such a Bond Villain-grade piece of equipment

    MR BOND

    Metropolian Realestate Beckons; Orb Needs [to] Detach

    or

    GOLDFINGER

    Global Orbital Lohan Detonator, Flinging It Near Ground Evacuated Readily

    or

    GOLDENEYE

    Gaseous Orb [of] Lohan detaching; Evacuate Nearby- Elderly, Young? Either.

    or

    SPECTRE

    SPears Emulated CHAV; Try to Recover in Espagne

  94. Chris G

    RECTAL

    RockBlock

    Emergency

    Command

    Terminating

    Afunctional

    Lohan

  95. Captain DaFt

    T&A

    Terminate

    &

    Abort

  96. Eddy Ito

    NOT THERE

    National Obligatory Tackle, Tether Hacking Emergency Release Equipment

    or perhaps THUD

    Terminate Harness Under Duress

  97. Bill Neal

    BORAT

    Ballocket

    Operation

    Remote

    Abort

    Transmission / Transmitter

  98. zemerick

    OH/COCK

    Operations

    Halt

    /

    Canceling

    Of

    Catastrophe

    Killswitch

  99. Alan Esworthy

    ADIOS - Alas, Dying Is Our Sorrow

  100. Alan Esworthy

    The "Oh Shit Button"

    No acronym, no abbreviation, it's simply what one says in these circumstance.

  101. Eddy Ito

    NOOOOOO!

    Neutralizer Of Offensive Operation Over Occupied Occident

  102. Destinys Agent

    More...

    I couldn't help it, the floodgates opened:

    FAILSAFE - For Ascent Interrupt Lever (is) Set And Fall Engaged

    CANCEL - Cut Ascent Now Confirm Engaged Lever

    TERMINATE - Tell Equipment (to) Return My INvention And Thumbs-Up Engager

    FINALISE - For Instant Nullified Ascent Lever Is Set (to) Engage

    EJECT - Easily Jettison Equipment (and) Confirm Telemetry

    STOP - Standard Tethered Operation Panic

    FLOAT - For Lack Of Ascent Trigger

    PARACHUTE - Panic Actuated Return Apparatus Calling Help Under Tethered Equipment

    FALLEN - For A Light Load Engage Negative

    TOASTED - Take Orb And Send To Earth Delicately

    ERASE - Earth Re-entry Acquired Signal Expected

    WIPEOUT - When Is Problem Enter Orb Uplift Termination

    ISSUE - Interrupt Safety Set Up Entered

    PROBLEM - Payload Replete (with) Orb Busts Loose Employing Machinery

    LANDING - Lever Actuated Now Do Initiate Nugatory Glide

    SHUTDOWN - Someone Has Undertaken To Down Orb With Notice

    AIRBRAKE - Any Interrupt Requiring Braking Reverses Authorised Kit Elevation

    PHEW!

  103. Bernd Lauert

    LOMAKS

    LOHAN

    Mission

    Aborting

    Kill

    Switch

  104. Bernd Lauert

    FUCK

    For

    Use (in)

    Case (of)

    KAOS

    ok, it's kind of recursive. But someone please come up with a good explanation of KAOS.

  105. Bernd Lauert

    ESFOR

    Emergency

    System

    For

    Orbital

    Release

    you have to wear blue hard hats

  106. Bernd Lauert

    ARRGH

    Advanced

    Rockbox

    Release (of)

    Gummed

    Helium

  107. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Broken

    And

    Lost

    Lohan

    Mandates

    Electronic

    Relay for

    Emergency

    Ditching

    It would be nice to have a loudspeaker announce "LOHAN is not a failure. Is it something we’d like to improve? Of course. WOOOO!" as soon as the abort button is pushed.

  108. Dr Whoa!

    BUGRIT

    Balloon

    Untethering

    Gadget

    RockBLOCK

    Iridium

    Technology

    or possibly

    Malfunction

    Elimination

    Link

    Technology

    Detach

    Ovoid

    Windbag

    Now

  109. Ssshock
    Terminator

    DEAD-MEAT

    Direct

    Emergency

    Actuated

    Detachment

    of

    Malfunctioning

    Elreg

    Airborne

    Truss

  110. Robert Grant

    HITANDRUN

    Hard to

    Initiate

    Termination

    Automation.

    Next,

    Death-dealing

    Rockblock

    Unfeelingly

    Naps.

  111. goldcd

    OOh purty box

    Mission All Fucked Immediate Abort

    Button being slang for a Mafia member as well.

  112. goldcd

    Clitoris

    Cut Line, Immediate Termination Order Relayed In Style

  113. Anomalous Cowshed

    DARWIN

    Detrimental Activity Retrieval Without Interfering with Nature

  114. JustSomeGuyIknow

    LINDSAY

    Lives In Near Danger So Abort Yes!!!!

  115. sibster

    LOHAN needs the

    Aerial Abort GROUnd Post

  116. imanidiot Silver badge

    NOSEJOB

    Network

    Operated

    Sattelite

    Enhanced

    Jetison

    Of

    Ballocket

  117. Bunbury

    What's needed is and "Oh Crikey" from "Nimmo"

    Object height Controlled Reverse If Knowing Espana Yelling

    form

    Network Interfaced Myopic Machine Operator

  118. ARGO

    SLAPPER

    Shiny LED And Pushbutton Plane Ejection Remote

  119. simlb
    Happy

    WHORE

    Worryingly

    Hazardous

    Overhead

    Rocket

    Ejector

  120. simlb
    Happy

    MELTDOWN

    Manually

    Enabled

    Lateral

    Trajectory

    Defect

    Override

    Wireless

    Nodule

  121. Tufty Squirrel

    SPAFF - Serious Problem Activates Final Failsafe

    GOO - Geosynchronous Orbiter Override

    SLAG - Satellite Lohan Abort Gizmo

    STIFFY - Satellite Technology Imminent Failure Failsafe Yanker

    FAP - Failsafe for Aerial Payload

  122. Pirate Dave Silver badge

    MILEY

    Manual

    Interruptor of

    Lohan,

    Espana

    Yunque

  123. Don Jefe

    GINGER

    Gravity

    Interference

    Neutralization

    Grouping (for)

    Emergency

    Response

  124. Phil E Succour

    Blast From The Past

    Great

    Iberian

    Rockblok

    Lever

    Stops

    Airframe

    Landing

    On

    Urban

    Development

  125. foolonthehill

    If we're going to have MILEY, it should surely be:

    Manual Improper Location Emergency Yank.

    But on the REHAB theme, though we have already seen LOHAN in PLAYBOY, perhaps she would be better if remaining SOBER.

    Pulling Lever Activates Yellow-Bellied Overcautious Yank

    Spain Ordinanced Balloon Ejection Relay (though of course not quite technically "relaying")

  126. Captain DaFt

    OK, Last one, I promise.

    In such a dire situation, Obviously what LOHAN needs is a:

    Harness

    Emergency

    Release

    Option

  127. doug johnston

    BLOHANA

    Ballons Lofted Over inHabited Areas Not Allowed

    or

    Ballons Lofted Over Habitation Are Not Allowed

  128. TheDysk
    Joke

    Not Playing...

    I'm not playing anymore. I'm taking my ball (and NIPPLE) home. Hmmfff!

    I spent aged playing with my NIPPLE getting it just right. What's wrong with my NIPPLE?

    Besides it's not just a bodily organ you know...

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/nipple?q=nipple

    Hmmff and double Hmmff.

  129. topcav

    Lesbos

    LOHAN

    Emergency

    Safety

    Bail

    Out

    System

  130. Steve Goodey

    CLARKE

    How about with a nod to Arthur C Clarke?

    Command

    LOHAN

    Abort

    Return

    Kit

    Earthwards

  131. Ace Rimmer

    KARDASHIAN

    KARDASHIAN

    Kills Airplane Really Desperately And Saves Havoc In Arial Nastiness

  132. ian mccallion

    Raquel

    Rockblock Addon Quashing Unwelcome Equipment Landing. (Seems to me it should have a nice feminine, and Spanish(!) name)

  133. Martin Budden Silver badge

    OH NOES!

    Operate

    High-altitude

    Networked

    Orb

    Emergency

    System

  134. Martin Budden Silver badge

    SNAFU

    Signal

    Networked

    Apparatus

    For

    Auto-destruct

  135. newspuppy

    DICKS

    Digitally

    integrated

    Cut-down

    Katharsis

    System

  136. Gollum_HKT

    Just hit the DAMN button

    Definitely

    Abort

    Mission

    Now

    So just hit that DAMN button now!

  137. Ellis Birt 1

    Arduino

    Balloon-release

    sub-Orbital

    RockBLOCK

    Trigger

    ABORT!

  138. Jacksonville
    FAIL

    JFDI

    Jettison

    Function

    Destruction

    Initiator

  139. Jason Bloomberg Silver badge

    Bollocks!

    And a suitable cry should things go tits-up (ooo-er missus)...

    Base operator lets loose our 'catastrophe kill switch'.

  140. Jason Bloomberg Silver badge

    RIMJOB

    Remotely Initiated Mechanism Jettisons Orbital Balloon

  141. Ash!

    ARMADA

    Aerial Release Mechanism And Disaster Avoidance

  142. Malcolm 2
    Paris Hilton

    Jeri Ryan

    Judicious Emergency Remote Initiated Rapid "Yes Abort Now"

  143. Alan Brown Silver badge

    PUTA

    Plane Uplift Termination Apparatus

    Well it is a spanish requirement, after all.

  144. Jason Bloomberg Silver badge

    Confusion plus recursion too

    LOHAN

    LOHAN over habitable area neutraliser

  145. Portia

    LEGS

    LOHAN's Emergency Grounding Switch

  146. neurochrome

    TWERK = Trapped Wind Emergency Release Knob

    Except it's a switch and not a bakelite knob :-(

    HOVER = Low Orbit Vehicle Emergency Release system, although I suppose HOVERS could just add a Switch on the end. Either way there's a payload of irony since of course the object of the HOVER switch is to, umm, not hover :-)

    Lastly, we could have a LOVER switch with Low Orbit Vehicle Emergency Release.

  147. nic o'demus

    er...... the Deathonator......?

    1. Martin Budden Silver badge

      Would you care to backronymify that?

  148. deedee

    LOHAN-REHAB

    What could be more appropriate?

    LOHAN, as it stands already plus the

    RockBlock

    Emergency

    High-altitude

    Abort

    Box

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