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11Rocket Racer — Superherobox| caption=Rocket Racer in The Amazing Spider Man #172. Pencils by Ross Andru, inks by Frank Giacoia. character name=Rocket Racer real name=Robert Farrell species= publisher=Marvel Comics debut= Amazing Spider Man #172 (Sep 1977)… …
12List of rocket planes — This is an incomplete listing, loosely chronological sorted by type used for launch, of some aircraft that used rocket propulsion: Spaceplanes Spaceplanes are aircraft that are able to reach the edge of space. * 1945 flag|Germany|Nazi A4b winged… …
13Water rocket — A water rocket is a type of model rocket using water as its reaction mass. The pressure vessel mdash;the engine of the rocket mdash;is usually a used plastic soft drink bottle. The water is forced out by a pressurized gas, typically compressed… …
14jet-assisted takeoff — An auxiliary means of assisting heavily loaded aircraft and reducing takeoff distance. The JATO consists of small rockets attached to the lower portion of the rear of the aircraft. These rockets fire at an appropriate time on takeoff and provide… …
15JATO Rocket Car — The famous account of the JATO Rocket Car was one of the original Darwin Awards winners: a man who supposedly met his death in a spectacular manner after mounting a rocket engine on a common automobile. It was originally circulated as a forwarded …
16Pegasus rocket — Pegasus rockets are the winged space booster vehicles used in an expendable launch system developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital). Three main stages burning solid propellant provide most thrust. The rocket is carried aloft below… …
17Castor (rocket stage) — The Castor family of solid fuel rocket stages and boosters were built by Thiokol and used on a variety of launch vehicles. [] They were initially developed as the second stage motor of the Scout rocket. The design was based the MGM 29 Sergeant, a …
18staged rocket — Launch vehicle driven by several rocket systems mounted in vertical sequence. The lowest, or first, stage ignites and lifts the vehicle (sometimes assisted by attached booster rockets) at increasing speed until its propellants have been used up.… …
19RATO/Rato/rato — Rocket assisted takeoff. A system of small rocket engines providing auxiliary thrust on takeoff. The rockets are jettisoned in a safe area after use. The same as JATO (jet assisted takeoff) …
20RAPEC — Rocket Assisted Personnel Ejection Catapult ( > IEEE Standard Dictionary ) …
