Definition of "astronautics" []

• The science and technology of space flight. (noun)

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• "NASA should be turned back into a pure R&D organisation, purely for developing blue-sky innovations in aeronautics and astronautics."
• "A very kind and gentle man, with an expansive knowledge of astronautics, Konrad Dannenberg has his place in space history."
• "I remember being at an informal group watching Konrad answer a young schoolchild's question in simple understandable words and then turn to another person in the group who had advanced degree in astronautics and answer a complex theoretical question just as clearly after a breif moment of thought."