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User:GReilly

2010-04-11T23:36:22Z

GReilly: created user page

I'm a 24-year-old Baptist, proud to be homeschooled right up through the 12th grade. I hail from southeastern Connecticut. I'm an avid rocket hobbyist and knowledgable about space exploration.

Kremlin

2010-04-11T23:29:17Z

GReilly: changed to American spelling and grammatical consistency

'''Kremlin''' means 'citadel' in [[Russian]]; there are Kremlins in many Russian cities but the term almost invariably refers to the Kremlin in [[Moscow]], which since the Russian capital moved to that city in 1918 has been the secretive center of government of the [[Soviet Union]] and, since 1991, of the [[Russian Federation]]. The term is also used to refer to the Russian government, much as [[Downing Street]] is shorthand for the British government, the [[Elysee Palace]] for the French government, and the [[White House]] for the American government.

[[Category:Russia]]
[[Category:Russian History]]

Lactate

2010-04-11T23:23:08Z

GReilly: added sentence

To '''lactate''' is to secrete or produce [[milk]]. The vast majority of female mammals lactate after pregnancy to feed their young.
[[category:dairy]]
[[Category:Biology]]

Kingston

2010-04-11T23:19:01Z

GReilly: added Kingston, RI to list

Kingston is a name shared by a number of cities and towns around the world.

[[Kingston, Jamaica]]

[[Kingston upon Hull]], England

[[Kingston upon Thames]], England

[[Kingston, Ontario]], Canada

[[Kingston, Rhode Island]]

[[Category:Disambiguation Pages]]

Rocket

2010-04-11T20:45:47Z

GReilly: Added warfare section... will add information on Space exploration later

A '''rocket''' is an object which gains thrust by expelling a hot gas out its aft end. There are two major types of rockets, those using liquid fuel and those using solid fuel, though recently hybrid rockets using a solid fuel and liquid oxidizer have come into use. Rockets have been used since ancient times for both military and scientific use and more recently have been used for [[space travel]].

== Warfare ==

The first rockets were developed several thousand years ago for warfare. The British used them as a primitive bombardment weapon; the line "And the rockets' red glare" in [The Star-Spangled Banner] describes their use in the bombardment of Fort McHenry. They fell out of favor due to advances in more accurate artillery, but during World War II, US Navy pilots began using small wing-mounted rockets to attack Japanese positions. During the Cold War, the United States continuously led the Soviet unuon by as much as a decade in missile development; the Socialists' realization that they were outmatched in weapons technology was a major factor in their eventual collapse. Rockets are now used in all types on military applications, from surface-to-air missiles to air-to-air-missiles to submarine-launched ICBMs.

[[Category:Space Exploration]]