rocket scientist

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While NBC did not show the incident, announcer Mike Tirico said, in explaining the brief stoppage of play, “We have some rocket scientist running around the field.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

The league has even employed pilots, air traffic controllers, and a rocket scientist.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

In achieving his dream to be a rocket scientist, he would become an American hero.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

The agency is looking to quantify potential resources, including energy, water and lunar soil, as a goal to attract commercial investment, said Gerald Sanders, a rocket scientist at NASA's Johnston Space Centre for 35 years.

From Reuters • Jun. 28, 2023

Sergei Korolev, the brilliant rocket scientist behind Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin’s flight, had long dreamed of sending an unmanned probe to the red planet.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin