BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Rocket Scientist
- an employee of a financial institution who creates innovative securities that usually include derivatives
Wiktionary Definition for: Rocket Scientist
- countable One specializing in the science or study of rockets and their design.
- cattag countable idiom Someone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a genius.
- Ex:''You don't have to be a '''rocket scientist''' to see that that idea won't work.''
Additional Resources
- Thiokol Corp. of Ogden, Utah, Restructures Rocket Motor Works.(Originated from The Salt Lake Tribune)
- Feb. 11--With all the cutbacks in defense spending and belt-tightening at NASA, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that a large portion of Thiokol Corp.'s rocket-motor business could be doing better. The Ogden-based maker of rocket motors...
- Research articles 1997-02-11
- Thiokol Corp. Restructures Rocket Works.(Originated from The Salt Lake Tribune)
- Mar. 4--With all the cutbacks in defense spending and belt-tightening at NASA, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out that a large portion of Thiokol Corp.'s rocket-motor business could be doing better. The Ogden-based maker of rocket motors has...
- Research articles 1997-03-04
- Sometimes It DOES Take a Rocket Scientist.(gun shoots dead chickens at airline windshields)(Brief Article)
- Scientist at NASA have developed a gun built specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions wi Scientist at NASA have developed a...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- Victoria, Texas-area businesses can get free consulting from rocket engineers.
- By Thomas Doyle, Victoria Advocate, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 9--Some things in business just aren't rocket science, but that doesn't mean a rocket scientist can't be helpful. Luckily, a few of them are available free of charge to small...
- Research articles 2004-07-09
- JPI tactics fail exec the second time around
- ROBERT SHEREFKIN and DAVID BARKHOLZ Building an automotive supplier doesn't take rocket science. For former rocket scientist John Psarouthakis, it appeared easy. His engineering brilliance helped him with mergers and acquisitions while at Masco Corp. ROBERT SHEREFKIN and DAVID BARKHOLZ Building an automotive supplier doesn't...
- Research articles 1998-09-21
- Head of Boeing Space, Communications Unit to Help Firm Become Leader in Market.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Sep. 16--Long before James F. Albaugh was a rocket scientist charged with squeezing more revenue out of Boeing's troubled space ventures, he was a Boy Scout donning feathers and a Speedo for Indian dances. Sep. 16--Long before James F. Albaugh was a rocket scientist...
- Research articles 2000-09-15
- RUSSIA: FIT FOR SPACE?(American Dennis Tito may be first space tourist)(Brief Article)
- A U.S. businessman and former rocket scientist is currently undergoing medical tests at the Russian Cosmonaut Training Center in Moscow Oblast to determine whether he is fit enough to become the first space tourist, Interfax and AP reported on 19 Jun A U.S. businessman and former...
- Research articles 2000-06-28
- D'oh! Following directions.(The Genesis inquiry)
- And for my next trick... Genesis had its switches in backwards IT DOESN'T take a rocket scientist to follow simple directions: "this end up", say, or "fragile, handle with care". Indeed, the latest news from NASA, America's space agency,...
- Research articles 2004-10-23
- NASA Networks with Minority-Owned Small Businesses in Hampton, Va..
- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16 -- HAMPTON, Va. -- You don't have to be a rocket scientist to know an opportunity when it comes along. Then again, it doesn't hurt. Roger "Pat" Bahn is one of the few, the proud, the...
- Research articles 1999-07-15
- SolarReserve: Everything's Better With a Little Salt
- It's the holy grail of renewable energy: power, even when the sun don't shine, or the wind don't blow. Some companies are hoping advances in battery capacity will provide the answer, others are looking to flywheels, or hydrostorage. But SolarReserve, an 18-month old start-up based in Santa Monica, uses a...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Naperville banker was full of promise.(News)
- Byline: Sara Hooker and Jamie Sotonoff Daily Herald Staff Writers People couldn't use the old gag "you don't have to be a rocket scientist" on Naperville businessman Brian Schultz. He was one. The 28-year-old was a rocket analyst for The...
- Research articles 2005-01-03
- Who's Who in West Virginia Business 2006: Pauley, MATRIC Work to Improve W.Va.
- SOUTH CHARLESTON - It doesn't require rocket science to figure out West Virginia's economy could be much better than it is.But it is taking a rocket scientist to help shift the economy and create jobs.In April 2004, Keith Pauley took over the helm of a fledgling non-profit research and development...
- Research articles 2006-11-03
- Old Air Force Base Site Rockets into the Future with Grand Opening of New Urban Neighborhood
- ThreeSixty at South Bay Celebrates Opening of 27 Model Homes on Oct. 13 HAWTHORNE, Calif. -- It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that an old Air Force base site, located between the city and the sea, makes an ideal landing spot for a new urban neighborhood. ...
- Research articles 2007-10-11
- ERNST STUHLINGER
- Rocket scientist who helped the US become the leading space power Ernst Stuhlinger was one of the most talented members of the German group of rocket scientists who developed the V-2 missile and subsequently played a key role in most of the major events that led to the...
- Research articles 2008-06-11
- Importance of new products puts R&D testers, execs at head of class - Special Report: The ABC's of R&D - restaurant services
- It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that food is the foundation of the restaurant industry. But it does take a special individual -- one with the palate of a chef, the knowledge of a chemist and the ambition of an inventor -- to create that food for multiunit...
- Research articles 2002-07-29
- Some late night/late life insights into EMC and other matters
- I am not really an EMC engineer, but I have some ideas based on 54 years of experience starting when I got my ham license in 1946 and continuing through college, where I built high-powered ham equipment with WWII surplus. Then came stints in industry, a government laboratory, and mostly...
- Research articles 2000-11-01
- Forrest Gump or Rocket Scientist? Do the right things over and over, and you'll succeed. Here's how to start.
- Despite a so-so product, the world beat a path to Ray Kroc's door. How did the master builder of McDonald's do it? Kroc achieved success because he understood that the product wasn't everything. The key was the quality of the systems that managed the ent Despite a so-so product, the...
- Research articles 2003-07-01
- 78-Year-Old Rocket Scientist and Son Launch Printing Company.
- CLEVELAND -- Volvo, Baskin-Robbins, Federal Express, McDonald's "McFlurry," Mobil Oil and Invisible Fence are household names millions of people see every day. But few are aware of the father-and-son engineering team behind the creation of CLEVELAND -- Volvo, Baskin-Robbins, Federal Express, McDonald's "McFlurry," Mobil...
- Research articles 2000-10-01
- Bond Expert: Wednesday Outlook
- John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities have retreated in European trading, reversing some of the outsized gains attained yesterday. The largest declines were in the shorter maturities, reflecting a reduction in fear premium. That seems a tad premature since Lehman Brothers LEH would announce its earnings at...
- External links 2008-09-10
- How Sirius XM Should Handle Supply and Demand
- Brandon Matthews submits: It’s all about supply and demand. Always has been, always will be. That is true for Sirius XM SIRI stock as well. The recent sell off in SIRI shares can be attributed to supply. The abundance of available shares being sold has met with minimal buy...
- External links 2008-09-11
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