Rocket science is a colloquial term for
aerospace engineering
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is si ...
and
astrodynamics
Orbital mechanics or astrodynamics is the application of ballistics and celestial mechanics to the practical problems concerning the motion of rockets and other spacecraft. The motion of these objects is usually calculated from Newton's laws of ...
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In popular terminology, it's not rocket science is a phrase meaning something that is not difficult to understand.
It may also refer to:
Business
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Rocket science in finance, a professional activity
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Rocket Science Games
Rocket Science Games was a video game developer and publisher that created games for consoles and personal computers from 1993 to 1997. The company released '' Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine'', '' Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cata ...
, a video game development company
Entertainment
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''Rocket Science'' (miniseries), a 2002 documentary series
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''Rocket Science'' (film), a 2007 comedy-drama film
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''Rocket Science'' (TV series), a 2009 BBC television series
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It Is Rocket Science'', a 2011-14 BBC Radio 4 series
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It's Not Rocket Science'', a British television show that aired on ITV in 2016.
Music
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Rocket Science (band)
Rocket Science are an Australian alternative rock band which formed in June 1998. They have released five studio albums, ''Welcome Aboard the 3C10'' (2000), ''Contact High'' (2002), ''Eternal Holiday'' (2004), '' Different Like You'' (2008) and ...
, an Australian alternative rock band
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''Rocket Science'' (Apoptygma Berzerk album), 2009
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''Rocket Science'' (Hugh Blumenfeld album), by folk artist
Hugh Blumenfeld
Hugh Blumenfeld (born October 11, 1958) is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Connecticut. He was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, graduated with degrees in Biology and Humanities from M.I.T. in 1980, and got a master's ...
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''Rocket Science'' (Tribal Tech album), by the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech
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''Rocket Science'' (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album), 2011
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''Rocket Science'' (Wolf album), 2001
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''Rocket Science'' (Rocket Science album), 2013
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''Rocket Science'' (Rick Springfield album), 2016
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"Not Rocket Science" (song), a six-song music album released by Be Your Own Pet in 2007
* "Rocket Science", a song by Swedish group Icona Pop on the Spotify release of the album ''
Icona Pop
Icona Pop ( ) is a Swedish electropop duo which formed in 2009, with electro house and indie pop music influences. Its two members, Caroline Hjelt (born 8 November 1987) and Aino Jawo (born 7 July 1986), grew up in Stockholm and create what the ...
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