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	Rocket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine.
		At the Battle of Baltimore in 1814, the rockets fired on Fort McHenry by the rocket vessel HMS Erebus were the source of the rockets' red glare described by Francis Scott Key in The Star-Spangled Banner.
		Rockets became extremely military important in the form of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) when it was realised that nuclear weapons carried on a rocket vehicle were essentially not defensible against once launched, and they became the delivery platform of choice for these weapons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rocket (3034 words)

	Articles - Rocket vessel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Rocket vessels were also used by the Royal Navy in the attack on the French fleet at Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1806 and at the second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807.
		The Congreve rockets of this period were highly inaccurate and unreliable, and were primarily used as a pyschological weapon of terror in conjunction with other, more effective, weapons, such as mortar shells thrown by bomb vessels.
		These carried a rocket launcher frame supported by a mast and raised and lowered by means of halyards.
	www.bitwindow.com /articles/Rocket_vessel (259 words)

	Rocket Encyclopedia @ LaunchBase.com (Launch Base) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		While they could not be intercepted, their guidance system design and single conventional warhead meant that the V-2 was insufficiently accurate against military targets.
		Independently, research continued in the Soviet Union under the leadership of Sergei Korolev.
		Local Cache Updated: Wed Jun 28 19:50:46 2006
	www.launchbase.com /encyclopedia/Rocket (2058 words)

	Index of In-depth Articles
		As the first Chinese astronauts rocket into orbit, their main concern will be completion of an ambitious programme of military experiments.
		James Oberg's classic piece, reissued on the 20th anniversary of the Soviet rocket launch that sparked UFO panics in Russia and South America
		A Rocket a Day Keeps the High Costs Away.
	www.astronautix.com /articles/index.htm (1287 words)

	Rocket - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Siemenowicz multi-stage rocket, from his Artis Magnae Artilleriae pars prima
		X-20 Dyna-Soar, Gemini), including rearch in other countries, such as Britain, Japan, Australia, etc. Culminating at the end of the 60s with the manned landing on the moon via the Saturn V.
		The authors list is available on this page.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/Rocket (2681 words)

	Kevin Kelly -- Cool Tools
		Their large bark vessels, for holding the stock-water, they made
		I find his explanations very clear and I really like that he includes enough theory to allow me to make my own informed decisions about baking different styles of bread.
		It is not rocket science, but there are a lot of non-intuitive (for me) details that he covers well.
	www.kk.org /cooltools/archives/cat_edibles.php (5167 words)

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