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Buoyed by former Senator Richard C. Shelby, a Republican with a legendary prowess for earmarking and sending money to his state, the base now houses the space center, F.B.I. offices, Army missile programs and rocketry research.
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Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
SpaceX has led the revolution in low-cost rocketry, and its Titan-size Starship spacecraft, when perfected, is likely to provide the most economical means to lift the American interceptors into orbit, Harrison says.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Never before, though, has a president had such a close relationship with a would-be Mars colonizer, one who has transformed the world of rocketry.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its colossal Starship spacecraft during its seventh flight test, the mishap is typical of leading-edge experiments in rocketry presaging a spaceflight revolution, says a leading American space scholar.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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Eduardo Medina, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
SpaceX has led the revolution in low-cost rocketry, and its Titan-size Starship spacecraft, when perfected, is likely to provide the most economical means to lift the American interceptors into orbit, Harrison says.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Never before, though, has a president had such a close relationship with a would-be Mars colonizer, one who has transformed the world of rocketry.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
While SpaceX lost the upper stage of its colossal Starship spacecraft during its seventh flight test, the mishap is typical of leading-edge experiments in rocketry presaging a spaceflight revolution, says a leading American space scholar.
—Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Rocketry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocketry. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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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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