rocket scientist
noun
: a person who designs or builds rockets
also
: an unusually smart person
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand the instructions.
Examples of rocket scientist in a Sentence
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Aisha Bowe: Bowe is a former NASA rocket scientist, entrepreneur, and global STEM advocate.
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Sanchez’s crew includes famous journalist Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry, as well as former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2025
Those three, plus former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn were announced as the program's first all-female crew for a launch scheduled this spring, Blue Origin said in a press release on Thursday, Feb. 27.
—David Chiu, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Others joining them will be former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
The general’s killing came days after reports began to emerge about the death of a rocket scientist in Moscow’s outskirts.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
The former rocket scientist has turned MicroStrategy into one of the biggest institutional holders of bitcoin, owning 439,000 coins now worth an approximate $44 billion.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Neurodivergent rocket scientist from Colorado has climbed the highest peak on every continent
Meghan Buchanan overcame dyslexia to become a rocket scientist.
—The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
Malina, a leading rocket scientist at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory by 1946, gave it all up in the mid-’50s to make kinetic art.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
Sanchez’s crew includes famous journalist Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry, as well as former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 28 Feb. 2025
Those three, plus former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn were announced as the program's first all-female crew for a launch scheduled this spring, Blue Origin said in a press release on Thursday, Feb. 27.
—David Chiu, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
Others joining them will be former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
The general’s killing came days after reports began to emerge about the death of a rocket scientist in Moscow’s outskirts.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2024
The former rocket scientist has turned MicroStrategy into one of the biggest institutional holders of bitcoin, owning 439,000 coins now worth an approximate $44 billion.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Second Chance Bikes continues late founder’s legacy in Denver
E-scooters could return to Aurora under Lime proposal
Outdoors
Neurodivergent rocket scientist from Colorado has climbed the highest peak on every continent
Meghan Buchanan overcame dyslexia to become a rocket scientist.
—The Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2024
Malina, a leading rocket scientist at Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory by 1946, gave it all up in the mid-’50s to make kinetic art.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Rocket scientist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocket%20scientist. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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