rocketman
Spacecraft crew member
A rocketman is someone who works with rockets—an astronaut, test pilot, or aerospace engineer.
The term evokes mid-twentieth-century space-age optimism, when rockets represented humanity's future.
It gained cultural resonance through Elton John's 1972 song about an astronaut's lonely isolation: I'm a rocketman, burning out his fuse up here alone.
Pressurized garment for vacuum
- orbitCurved celestial path
- cosmonautRussian orbital traveler
- spacewalkVenturing outside a spacecraft
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
spacecraft · mission · capsule · launchpad · propulsion · reentry · countdown · liftoff
- balladNarrative poem or song
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- glam rockFlamboyant seventies musical style
- 1972Early seventies date
pop icon · costumes · sequins · glasses · superstar · hitmaker · Grammy · vinyl
Traveling through unknown regions
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- frontierEdge of settlement
- discoveryAct of finding something
- daringAdventurous courage
trailblazer · journey · odyssey · voyage · quest · expedition · unknown · boldness
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- alienationState of being isolated
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
- voidWithout legal effect
emptiness · distance · homesickness · disconnection · separation · remoteness · silence · floating
spacesuit
Pressurized garment for vacuum
NASA · spacecraft · mission · capsule · launchpad · propulsion · reentry · countdown · liftoff · thrust
Elton John
- balladNarrative poem or song
- pianoKeyed percussion instrument
- glam rockFlamboyant seventies musical style
1972 · pop icon · costumes · sequins · glasses · superstar · hitmaker · Grammy · vinyl · album
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
daring · trailblazer · journey · odyssey · voyage · quest · expedition · unknown · boldness · courage
solitude
State of being alone
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- alienationState of being isolated
- detachmentSeparation or emotional uninvolvement
void · emptiness · distance · homesickness · disconnection · separation · remoteness · silence · floating · weightlessness
rocketmanearthbound
Confined to terra firma
landlubber · groundling · cave dweller · submariner · deep-sea diver
rocketmancaveman
Prehistoric cave-dwelling human
primitive · Luddite · horse rider · foot soldier · technophobe
rocketmanwallflower
Shy person avoiding socializing
everyman · nobody · plain Jane · shrinking violet · introvert
rocket, man, rockets, rocketed, rocketing, rocketry, manly, manliness, manhood