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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, rocket science is used to refer to anything overly complex, detailed or confusing.

  3. Aerospace engineering - Wikipedia

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    The term is used ironically in the expression "It's not rocket science" to indicate that a task is simple. [27] Strictly speaking, the use of "science" in "rocket science" is a misnomer since science is about understanding the origins, nature, and behavior of the universe; engineering is about using scientific and engineering principles to ...

  4. 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

  5. Space technology - Wikipedia

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    When a Delta II rocket exploded 13 seconds after launch on January 17, 1997, there were reports of store windows 10 miles (16 km) away being broken by the blast. [ 7 ] Space is a fairly predictable environment, but there are still risks of accidental depressurization and the potential failure of equipment, some of which may be very newly developed.

  6. Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu - Wikipedia

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    Feroz-ul-Lughat Urdu Jamia (Urdu: فیروز الغات اردو جامع) is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary published by Ferozsons (Private) Limited. It was originally compiled by Maulvi Ferozeuddin in 1897. The dictionary contains about 100,000 ancient and popular words, compounds, derivatives, idioms, proverbs, and modern scientific, literary ...

  7. Farhang-e-Asifiya - Wikipedia

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    Farhang-e-Asifiya (Urdu: فرہنگ آصفیہ, lit. 'The Dictionary of Asif') is an Urdu-to-Urdu dictionary compiled by Syed Ahmad Dehlvi. [1] It has more than 60,000 entries in four volumes. [2] It was first published in January 1901 by Rifah-e-Aam Press in Lahore, present-day Pakistan. [3] [4]

  8. SUPARCO - Wikipedia

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    The past federal ministries of Pakistan initially avoided to fund the space program and engineering education in spite of opportunity available from the United States.: 235 [13] The Punjab University was the only university that was undertaking the research in aeronautics in 1957; only after when the former Soviet Union launched its first satellite in space, the Sputnik 1.

  9. Ballistics - Wikipedia

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    A rocket is a missile, spacecraft, aircraft or other vehicle that obtains thrust from a rocket engine. Rocket engine exhaust is formed entirely from propellants carried within the rocket before use. [21] Rocket engines work by action and reaction. Rocket engines push rockets forward simply by throwing their exhaust backwards extremely fast.