moonshot

or moon shot

[moon-shot]

noun

the act or procedure of launching a rocket or spacecraft to the moon.

Origin of moonshot

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60; moon + shot¹

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Her moonshot, she said, is “being on every smartphone, every tablet, and every PC for every Internet user.”
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Nina Strochlic
May 7, 2013

British Dictionary definitions for moonshot

moonshot

noun

the launching of a spacecraft, rocket, etc, to the moon

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moonshot

or moon shot

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Her moonshot, she said, is “being on every smartphone, every tablet, and every PC for every Internet user.”

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