... or at least until after take-off.

Commissioner Gordan? Is he the one who wears a Rollax watch and drives a Lexis?

But, does it bend? After all, that's the point behind fiberoptics, to be able to snake a light beam around corners and through tight spaces so that we don't have to maintain perfect optical alignment over a distance. So, what's the point of this setup? Does it keep moths away by burning them on the outer beams?

Because AC is a consumer standard? There are no consumer standard for DC power, other than AA, AAA, C, D, and 9V.

... Okay, and car cigarette lighters and microUSB.

I like, "We're on an express elevator to hell; going down!", better.

Aside from "Punch it", I wouldn't call these go phrases. They are one off comments that just happened to coincide with a launch attempt.

That doesn't sound like a "Go!" phrase to me. What was being launched, a hearse?

Probably the same way he gets away with trespassing, assault and battery, illegal wiretapping, stalking, unsafe operation of a motor vehicle, and a host of other illegal activities.

Well, there was that episode where someone drugged some wine, and everyone who drank it passed out immediately from one sip. The Doctor (Tom Baker) took two full gulps of wine, watched as everyone passed out, and stuttered out the phrase "p-p-potent stuff" before passing out himself. As far as a catch phrase, he was always offering people a jelly baby.

Still, it's not what I would call a "go!" phrase.

You say that as if it is supposed to mean something to me - as if I am supposed to respond with "Oh! The HEARTLAND INSTITUTE organized the conference? Why didn't you say so! Oh, the irony! Denning is going to tear them a new corn hole!". Well, let me share my contextual understanding of your sentence: Remember that [Unknown individual] is addressing the [Unknown Institute] organised [Unknown Acronym] conference.

Doctor who was on for what, 47 years before Tennant's catch phrase? But I instantly heard Rigel's voice when I read the launch vipers option.

16 minutes? tl;dw

Just because that is so does not mean that the government can order the company to do something that is illegal in another jurisdiction.

Right. No other country has the lead in "no metric".

Are you aware of a jurisdiction where compelling someone to break the law is legal?