rocket power
Example Sentences
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Less than half an hour later, Collins gave Columbia a spurt of rocket power and dashed some two miles ahead, allowing Eagle flying room.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2019
Officially, the Taepodong-1 was intended to launch a satellite, but it relied on the same technology and rocket power as an intercontinental ballistic missile.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 30, 2018
The core stage is more than 200 feet tall and additional rocket power will be needed to propel the astronauts back to Earth.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 26, 2015
“Ignition! #SpaceShipTwo is flying under rocket power again. Stay tuned for updates,” Virgin Galactic tweeted at 1:07 p.m.
From Washington Post
Similarly with spaceships: no matter how much rocket power they have, they can’t accelerate beyond the speed of light.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
