WordNet
n. reaction propulsion using stored oxygen for combustion; used where there is insufficient atmospheric oxygen
Usage examples of "rocket propulsion".
The ships will be clusters of several nuclear-rocket propulsion modules, launched by chemical vehicles based on our proven Saturn V technology.
They say that even if rocket propulsion units were ultimately built to reach a speed of 93,000 miles per second or more, interstellar space travel would still be impossible because at such a speed the minutest cosmic particles that struck the exterior of the space-ship would have the destructive and penetrative power of a bomb.
On impulse, I popped the tiny display screen up from the arm of my chair and called up the rocket propulsion program.
So when Cadillac lined up his workforce and asked if anyone knew anything about rocket propulsion systems, they 'were able to raise their arms and step forward with confidence.
Besides, the basic research for the rocket propulsion of tomorrow is in full swing.
Learn about science fiction techniques and technologies, including starships, time machines, and rocket propulsion.
The early months included a heavy schedule of lectures, on astronomy, rocket propulsion, flight operations, capsule systems, and the trips to the contractors, and to the subcontractors, and to Cape Canaveral, where the rockets would be launched, to Huntsville, Alabama, where Wernher von Braun and his Germans were developing booster rockets, to Johnsville, Pennsylvania, where the human centrifuge was located.
Since the enemy has not been equipped with any sort of rocket propulsion, might it not suffice, for the time being, to simply cut off those portions of the station where the enemy is?
Whatever drive they were using, and however different it so obviously is from our rocket propulsion systems—.
An 'Earth-Sputnik-Earth' elevator for freight and passengers can then be built, and it will operate without any rocket propulsion.