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  2. Rocket science - Wikipedia

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    Rocket science is a colloquial term for aerospace engineering and orbital mechanics.. It may also include the chemistry and engineering behind rockets.. In popular terminology, it's not rocket science is a layperson's passive aggressive phrase uttered meaning something that is not difficult to understand to attack one's inactions that is a byproduct of anti-intellectualism.

  3. Rocketry - Wikipedia

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    The design and construction of rockets. The hobbyist or (semi-)professional use of model rockets; Aerospace engineering, also known as rocket science; Amateur rocketry, a hobby in which participants experiment with fuels or custom rocket motors

  4. Talk:Rocket science - Wikipedia

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    Where does the term "rocket scientist" come from, and does it have a wider meaning than just "very smart" (or "designing rockets")? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.125.146 (talk • contribs) It means dealing with rockets. Thus became the term rocket science. See how it all works out. Because a rocket scientist deals with ROCKETS.

  5. Glossary of aerospace engineering - Wikipedia

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    Freefall – In Newtonian physics, free fall is any motion of a body where gravity is the only force acting upon it. In the context of general relativity, where gravitation is reduced to a space-time curvature, a body in free fall has no force acting on it. An object in the technical sense of the term "free fall" may not necessarily be falling ...

  6. Militarisation of space - Wikipedia

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    outer space shall be free for exploration and use by all States; outer space is not subject to national appropriation by claim of sovereignty, by means of use or occupation, or by any other means; States shall not place nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction in orbit or on celestial bodies or station them in outer space in any ...

  7. Tsiolkovsky rocket equation - Wikipedia

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    A rocket's required mass ratio as a function of effective exhaust velocity ratio. The classical rocket equation, or ideal rocket equation is a mathematical equation that describes the motion of vehicles that follow the basic principle of a rocket: a device that can apply acceleration to itself using thrust by expelling part of its mass with high velocity and can thereby move due to the ...

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    Ad-Free AOL Mail is only available when viewing email on the web from a computer or mobile device. If you access AOL Mail from the AOL Desktop software or mobile app, you will continue to see paid ...

  9. Rocket science (finance) - Wikipedia

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    "Rocket science" in finance is a metaphor for activity carried out by specialised quantitative staff to provide detailed output from mathematical modeling and computational simulations to support investment decisions.