rocketry

Noun

Meaning

the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation

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I, myself, owe to him not only the guiding-star of my life, but also my first contact with the theoretical and practical aspects of rocketry and space travel. Source: Internet

Experiments with rocket aircraft During 1936, Von Braun's rocketry team working at Kummersdorf investigated installing liquid-fuelled rockets in aircraft. Source: Internet

Designing solid rocket motors is particularly interesting to amateur rocketry enthusiasts. Source: Internet

Hamas deployed its increasingly sophisticated rocketry to replace its martyrdom operations. Source: Internet

In more modern times there has been limited use of steam for rocketry – particularly for rocket cars. Source: Internet

In rocketry, the propellant is also the exhaust, and this means that a high energy propellant gives better propellant efficiency but can in some cases actually give lower energy efficiency. Source: Internet

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