# Rocket science

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'''Rocket science''' is a colloquial term for [aerospace engineering](/source/aerospace_engineering), [astronautics](/source/astronautics) and [orbital mechanics](/source/orbital_mechanics).

It may also include the chemistry and engineering behind [rocket](/source/rocket)s.

In popular terminology, an endeavor mistakenly assumed to be complicated or difficult can be characterized as ''not'' being  '''rocket science''' in a sarcastic [litotes](/source/litotes). 

It may also refer to:

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== Business ==
* [Rocket Science Games](/source/Rocket_Science_Games), a video game development company
* [Rocket Science (film production company)](/source/Rocket_Science_(film_production_company)), a UK film production company

== Entertainment ==
* [''Rocket Science'' (miniseries)](/source/Rocket_Science_(miniseries)), a 2002 documentary series
* [''Rocket Science'' (film)](/source/Rocket_Science_(film)), a 2007 comedy-drama film
* [''Rocket Science'' (TV series)](/source/Rocket_Science_(TV_series)), a 2009 BBC television series
* ''[It Is Rocket Science](/source/It_Is_Rocket_Science)'', a 2011–14 BBC Radio 4 series
*''[It's Not Rocket Science](/source/It's_Not_Rocket_Science)'', a British television show that aired on ITV in 2016

== Music ==
* [Rocket Science (band)](/source/Rocket_Science_(band)), an Australian alternative rock band
* [''Rocket Science'' (Apoptygma Berzerk album)](/source/Rocket_Science_(Apoptygma_Berzerk_album)), 2009
* [''Rocket Science'' (Hugh Blumenfeld album)](/source/Rocket_Science_(Hugh_Blumenfeld_album)), by folk artist [Hugh Blumenfeld](/source/Hugh_Blumenfeld)
* [''Rocket Science'' (Tribal Tech album)](/source/Rocket_Science_(Tribal_Tech_album)), by the jazz fusion band Tribal Tech
* [''Rocket Science'' (Béla Fleck and the Flecktones album)](/source/Rocket_Science_(B%C3%A9la_Fleck_and_the_Flecktones_album)), 2011
* [''Rocket Science'' (Wolf album)](/source/Rocket_Science_(Wolf_album)), 2001
* [''Rocket Science'' (Rocket Science album)](/source/Rocket_Science_(Rocket_Science_album)), 2013
* [''Rocket Science'' (Rick Springfield album)](/source/Rocket_Science_(Rick_Springfield_album)), 2016
* ["Not Rocket Science" (song)](/source/Not_Rocket_Science_(song)), a six-song music album released by Be Your Own Pet in 2007
* "Rocket Science", a song by Swedish group Icona Pop on the Spotify release of the album ''[Icona Pop](/source/Icona_Pop_(album))''

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