Talk:Rocket

Requested merge 23 April 2020

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There is a rough consensus to merge to rocket. --Soumya-8974 ^talk _contribs ^subpages 11:32, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

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Rocket launch → Rocket – The rocket launch article is messy, and cleaning up the mess would make the article a stub. Therefore, it is better to merge to rocket than cleaning up the mess. --Soumyabrata ^{stay at home} _{wash your hands} ^{to protect from coronavirus} 17:52, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

• Support I agree. I can help with cleanup and copyedit if there is a consensus. -Crazydaemon1 (talk) 20:30, 23 April 2020 (UTC)

• Oppose A very large amount could (and should) be written about rocket launch so it is inappropriate to merge it here. The topic has independent notability. GliderMaven (talk) 21:45, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
• Support if there is anything even worth merging. The rocket launch article is so overly broad I don't expect it to ever be useful. Maybe if it was sectioned out like 'shoulder fired rockets', 'orbital rockets', etc, but do people really refer to shoulder fired rockets as "rocket launches"? Kees08 (Talk) 05:42, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 6 October 2020

"Acceleration" isn't a count noun, so it can't properly be pluralized. Please change "accelerations" to "acceleration" in the introduction. 64.203.186.91 (talk) 16:09, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

 Not done. It can be both, and here, I think it makes more sense the way it is. –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 20:00, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Two out of three dictionaries I consulted indicated that it can be pluralised. Here we're talking about an acceleration performed by each of multiple vehicles, I think I would count that as 'accelerations', and it seemed to be cumbersome to reword it. So yes, I agree, with not done. GliderMaven (talk) 20:35, 6 October 2020 (UTC)

Dispute

Pendulum rocket fallacy

This section gives but one example of a rocket going off-course, and does not adequately cover the subtopic. Deletion may be in order...? averagejoe (talk) 12:55, 25 November 2020 (UTC)

how about an addition

Roberto Valturio at about 1450 AD in his work with the title "De re militari" supports that at the reign of pope Leo VI (886-911 AD) the Byzantines used fire tubes that were opened at both ends to launch rockets. Marcus Graecus in his treatise with the title "Liber ignium ad comburendos hostes" that is dated between the years 1225-1250 AD notes however that the methodology and the technical knowledge of rocketry was very old and already known since emperor Leo III (717-741 AD).

Here are some references:

• Paul Hamlyn, "The encyclopaedia of space", page 19, 1969.
• Frederick Ordway III and Wernher Braun, "History of astronautics", page 47-49, Larousse, 1969.
• F. Matschoss, "Geschichte der dampfmachine" (History of the steam engine), page 27, Berlin, 1909.
• Λέων VI (Leo VI), "Τακτικά" (Tactics), XIX, 57, Bonn, 1926.
• Λέων VI (Leo VI), "Περί θαλάσσης" (About sea), 60, 61, 64, 65, Bonn, 1926.
• Ανώνυμος ή Ήρων Βυζάντιος (Anonymous or Heron of Byzantium), "Πολιορκητικά" (Sieges), XXII, 5-10, page 262, Imprimerie Imperiale, Carl Wescher, Paris, 1867.
• Γεώργιος Ηλιόπουλος (Georgios Iliopoulos), "Η χαμένη πυραυλική τεχνολογία των αρχαίων Ελλήνων" (The lost missile technology of the ancient Greeks), Ιχώρ (Ihor), 27, Greece, 2002. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.236.18.59 (talk) 21:48, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

From the view history page:

@Þjarkur "....likely not meant to be a conflict of interest request" maybe it is likely meant

"....specify what text should be removed and a verbatim copy of the text that should replace it" hey Þjarkur you misunderstood, the request is not about removing and replacing or changing "verbatim" or ad verbum anything, it is just for adding a paragraph to the history section that's all — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.236.18.59 (talk) 21:08, 6 December 2020 (UTC)