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What made the prospect real in the 20th century was the advent of rocketry.
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Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
In this new era of rocketry with commercial companies largely leading the way, Hale said the challenge is to ensure the space industry avoids being lulled into the same complacency that led to the Columbia disaster.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Ending an era in U.S. rocketry, United Launch Alliance fired off its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy Tuesday, launching a classified spy satellite in the last hurrah of a storied family of rockets dating back to the dawn of the space age.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Reimagining rocketry The space shuttle project was forged in the optimism of NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the moon and bested America’s Soviet rivals during the Cold War.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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Naomi Oreskes, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2020
In this new era of rocketry with commercial companies largely leading the way, Hale said the challenge is to ensure the space industry avoids being lulled into the same complacency that led to the Columbia disaster.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Apr. 2024
Ending an era in U.S. rocketry, United Launch Alliance fired off its 16th and final triple-core Delta 4 Heavy Tuesday, launching a classified spy satellite in the last hurrah of a storied family of rockets dating back to the dawn of the space age.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Reimagining rocketry The space shuttle project was forged in the optimism of NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the surface of the moon and bested America’s Soviet rivals during the Cold War.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
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“Rocketry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocketry. Accessed 14 Sep. 2024.
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rocketry
noun
rock·et·ry
ˈräk-ə-trē 
: the study of, experimenting with, or use of rockets
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