Talk:Rocket science

[Thoughtless and stupid comment removed by the author.] 128.61.42.198 (talk) 04:13, 19 February 2010 (UTC) Where does the term "rocket scientist" come from, and does it have a wider meaning than just "very smart" (or "designing rockets")? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.202.125.146 (talk • contribs) It means dealing with rockets. Thus became the term rocket science. See how it all works out. Because a rocket scientist deals with ROCKETS.

Ok, bye now. Have a nice day —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.225.8.21 (talk • contribs)

Any other applications of this word?
As i seen many people use "ROCKET SCIENCE" very often in the their paragraph, Is rocket also mean for "Not impossible" ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.52.184.94 (talk) 04:22, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

The first widely recognized "rocket scientists" did NOT do space flight. They did guided weapons and sounding rockets, a prime example is Goddard. The definition on this page is simply wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.74.113.231 (talk) 15:07, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Simplified definition
Can we make the paragraph the describes rocket science shorter by saying Due to the complexity and depth of this area of engineering it is also informally used as a term to describe an endeavor requiring great intelligence or technical ability. 118.209.200.11 (talk) 10:10, 1 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The wikipedia doesn't define terms, isn't about terms, it's about subjects. There's two or more subjects that map onto this phrase, so it's a disamb page. If you want to define terms, I suggest Wiktionary.- Wolfkeeper  19:03, 17 March 2010 (UTC)

Wolfkeeper, the article is incomplete without mentioning the most popular usage of the term in American English, which is in the ironic sense in comparison to something relatively simple, as in "it's not rocket science." MarcusMaximus (talk) 21:02, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The definition is in the Wiktionary link. Disambiguation pages aren't really for word definitions, but as links to existing articles.  --George100 (talk) 21:16, 24 August 2010 (UTC)