(Askeri) MİDAS: Atmosferden ani olarak çıkan kıtalar arası balistik füzeleri keşfeden bir füze savunma alarm sistemi. Bu sistemde; elde edilecek bilgileri bir merkez kontrol tesisine vermek için yörüngede bir yer çevresinde bir miktar uydu bulunur
{i} legendary king who received the gift of having everything that he touched turn to gold (Greek Mythology); one who becomes immensely rich, one who has great money making ability
In Greek and Roman legend, a king of Phrygia. Midas captured the satyr Silenus but treated him kindly, and as a reward was granted a wish by Dionysus. He asked that everything he touched turn to gold; but after turning his daughter to gold when she embraced him, he asked to be released from his wish. In another legend Midas was invited to judge a music contest between Apollo and the satyr Marsyas. When Midas decided against Apollo, Apollo punished him by giving him donkey's ears. See also satyr and silenus
Manchester Information, Datasets and Associated Services Old name for MIMAS (see below) Change of name was forced by a trade mark dispute The service was officially renamed on 1 July 1999
Munich Image Data Analysis System A suite of programs and a software environment developed at the European Southern Observatory for astronomy applications
The ability to make, manage, and keep huge amounts of money: "Today's market has convinced dozens of kids barely out of college that they've got the Midas touch" (Business Week). the Midas touch if someone has the Midas touch, everything they do is successful and makes money for them (Midas king of Phrygia in ancient times who was given the magic power of turning everything he touched into gold)
Any of a series of unmanned U.S. military satellites developed to provide warning of surprise attacks by Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). Midas was the first such warning system in the world. Launched in the early 1960s, the reconnaissance satellites were equipped with infrared sensors capable of detecting the heat of a ballistic missile's rocket exhaust shortly after firing
in ancient Greek stories, a king who was given the power to change everything he touched into gold. He soon realized this would not bring him happiness, when he found that even his food and drink changed into gold as soon as he touched them