The definition of nominal when used in an operational sense is 'Satisfactory''
Who says they're using it in the same sense you'd like us to believe?
Stop projecting your brainwashing bullshit & read the simple definition:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nominalPretty fucking obvious what 'all systems nominal' means to anyone who can read...
Means they're making shit up & rubbing your face in the fucking fact.
But to shills & retards it means shpayze-ecksplurayshun izz reeli reeli reel!!!11!!!11!!!
Generally speaking though, just fuck off Walter Mitty.