rocketry
Noun
Meaning
the branch of engineering science that studies rocket design and operation
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Examples
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.
Experiments with rocket aircraft During 1936, Von Braun's rocketry team working at Kummersdorf investigated installing liquid-fuelled rockets in aircraft.
Designing solid rocket motors is particularly interesting to amateur rocketry enthusiasts.
Hamas deployed its increasingly sophisticated rocketry to replace its martyrdom operations.
In more modern times there has been limited use of steam for rocketry – particularly for rocket cars.
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.