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  2. 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 ...

  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. 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.

  5. History of rockets - Wikipedia

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    The Hale rocket removed the need for a rocket stick, travelled further due to reduced air-resistance, and was far more accurate. In 1865 the British Colonel Edward Mounier Boxer built an improved version of the Congreve rocket by placing two rockets in one tube, one behind the other.

  6. 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.

  7. Rocket - Wikipedia

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    A Soyuz-FG rocket launches from "Gagarin's Start" (Site 1/5), Baikonur Cosmodrome. A rocket (from Italian: rocchetto, lit. ''bobbin/spool'', and so named for its shape) [nb 1] [1] is a vehicle that uses jet propulsion to accelerate without using any surrounding air. A rocket engine produces thrust by reaction to exhaust expelled at high speed. [2]

  8. 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 ...

  9. Ballistics - Wikipedia

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    Ballistics is the field of mechanics concerned with the launching, flight behaviour and impact effects of projectiles, especially weapon munitions such as bullets, unguided bombs, rockets and the like; the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance.