rocketry

[rok-i-tree]

noun

1. the science of rocket design, development, and flight.

rocketry

/ ˈrɒkɪtrɪ /

noun

1. the science and technology of the design, operation, maintenance, and launching of rockets

Word History and Origins

Origin of rocketry¹

First recorded in 1925–30; rocket ¹ + -ry

Example Sentences

After World War II, JPL was largely sidelined from the military’s rocketry endeavors, as the U.S. instead focused on a secret mission to bring Nazi scientists into the country to advance rocket development.

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He did everything he could to advertise his love of rocketry.

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The launch was the rocketry equivalent of hiring a city bus to take two people to the movies.

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“It’s pulling together all these amazing ideas about the origins of rocketry in L.A., Octavia Butler’s idea of climate refugees and leaving the planet for the stars, and contemporary issues,” said Weinstein.

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Residents have fought SpaceX’s closure of public beaches, protested threats they believe the company’s rocketry poses to nearby wildlife preserves and argued that Starship’s potential to bring local economic benefits has been overblown.

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