rocket scientist
Propulsion system expert
A rocket scientist is an engineer or physicist who designs rockets and spacecraft.
More commonly, the term appears in negative constructions—It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out—implying that something requires no special intelligence.
The phrase treats rocket science as the benchmark for intellectual difficulty, making rocket scientists the standard for genius.
Force driving movement forward
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- fluid dynamicsScience of flowing matter
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
avionics · guidance systems · telemetry · structural analysis · systems engineering · blueprints · simulation · testing
Exceptionally intelligent person
- whizInformal term for expert
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
- savantPerson of profound learning
wizard · guru · intellectual · brilliant · gifted · exceptional · overqualified · elite
Federal space exploration bureau
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- space shuttleReusable crewed orbital vehicle
- space stationOrbiting crewed research facility
launchpad · astronaut · cosmonaut · mission control · payload · orbit · lunar · martian
Science of matter and energy
- astrophysicsPhysics of celestial bodies
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- calculusMathematical analysis system
- quantum mechanicsPhysics at nanoscopic scales
orbital mechanics · theoretical · algorithm · kinematics · differential equations · Newton · von Braun
propulsion
Force driving movement forward
- aerodynamicsPhysics of air motion
- thermodynamicsScience of heat-energy relationships
- fluid dynamicsScience of flowing matter
combustion · avionics · guidance systems · telemetry · structural analysis · systems engineering · blueprints · simulation · testing · fabrication
brainiac
Exceptionally intelligent person
- whizInformal term for expert
- mastermindScheme's chief planner
- prodigyGifted youth with rare talent
savant · wizard · guru · intellectual · brilliant · gifted · exceptional · overqualified · elite · expert
NASA
Federal space exploration bureau
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- space shuttleReusable crewed orbital vehicle
space station · launchpad · astronaut · cosmonaut · mission control · payload · orbit · lunar · martian · interstellar
physics
Science of matter and energy
- astrophysicsPhysics of celestial bodies
- mathematicsScience of quantity and structure
- calculusMathematical analysis system
quantum mechanics · orbital mechanics · theoretical · algorithm · kinematics · differential equations · Newton · von Braun
- rocketry professionastronaut, aerospace engineer, mission controller, flight director
- Smartsintelligent, genius, smart, gifted, brilliant
- space jobsastronaut, cosmonaut, taikonaut, flight director, mission commander
- Soviet SpaceSputnik, Vostok, Soyuz, cosmonaut, cosmonauts
- Space Scientistsastronomer, astrophysicist, cosmologist, astrobiologist, astrochemist
- sky watchersstargazer, astronomer, astrophotographer, comet hunter, eclipse chaser
rocket scientistamateur
Nonprofessional participant
dabbler · dilettante · hobbyist · unskilled laborer · handyman
rocket scientistchild's play
Something extremely easy
no-brainer · piece of cake · walk in the park · easy as pie · slam dunk
science, rocket, scientist, scientific, rockets, rocketing, skyrocket, rocketed, skyrocketing