LAUNCHING PAD

a platform from which a rocket, guided missile, etc., is launched. Used figuratively in this lecture. —SHSBC Binder 1 Glossary

the platform from which a rocket, guided missile, etc., is launched. Used figuratively in this lecture. But it's much more important that when a person comes in to a Scientology organization to have his case gotten off the launching pad, that this happens now!

n.figuratively, a foundation or starting point from which progress is made or success is achieved, such as in some enterprise or career. This comes from the technical use of the word in rocketry to mean the nonflammable platform from which a rocket or spaceship is launched.a platform from which a rocket, guided missile, etc., is launched. Used figuratively in this lecture.the platform from which a rocket, guided missile, etc., is launched. Used figuratively in this lecture.