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    Rocket Rods was a high-speed thrill attraction located in Tomorrowland at Disneyland, Anaheim, California. The ride was themed around a hypothetical “drag...
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  • track infrastructure—which it shared with its short-lived successor, Rocket Rods—remain standing as of 2024. A second PeopleMover opened on July 1, 1975...
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  • Air Lines. In 1998, the theater became the queue for the short-lived Rocket Rods attraction. The building now houses Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters. Shows...
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  • Rod Rocket is the first animated cartoon with production credited to Filmation, debuting in syndication in 1963. The show was produced in five-minute cliffhanger...
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    title, p. 123 :"New pro Laver takes second place to Rosewall, Rod Laver – The red-headed rocket from Rockhampton by Betty Laver p. 61 and 153 Butch Buchholz...
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    Monsanto Hall of Chemistry (1955–1966) Rocket to the Moon (1955–1966) Circle-Vision 360° (1955–1997, re-themed as Rocket Rods Queue) A Tour of the West (1955–1960)...
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    and the space became part of the queue for the now infamous Rocket Rods. The Rocket Rods, which were prone to breakdowns, ran from 1998 to 2000. This...
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    1998, the same day as Astro Orbitor, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience, and Rocket Rods, replacing the Mission to Mars attraction. Redd Rockett's closed and...
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    Lightning rods are also called finials, air terminals, or strike termination devices. In a lightning protection system, a lightning rod is a single...
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    the Hot Rods' gear; The Pistols' support slot earned them their first music press review, in the NME, with no mention of the headlining Hot Rods at all...
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  • Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers was a 30-minute, weekly CBS-TV network outer space adventure series, broadcast live Saturdays from April 18, 1953 to May...
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    of coupling rods was avoided and the second axle could be smaller and lightweight, as it only carried a small portion of the weight. Rocket placed just...
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  • contributed music to both the ride queue and exit of Disneyland's short-lived Rocket Rods attraction in 1998, including a synthesizer arrangement of Steppenwolf's...
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    People's War – V2 Rockets". BBC. Archived from the original on 21 September 2014. Retrieved 11 December 2012. Ewbank and Hildred, Rod Stewart: The New...
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    Triumph released the Triumph Rocket 3. The name "Rocket III" is derived from the 1968 BSA 750cc pushrod triple, the Rocket 3, which was a badge-engineered...
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    lifters of larger diameter, as well as push-rods of different length and diameter than the standard Olds Rocket V8. It was rated at 350 hp (261 kW) and 440 lb⋅ft...
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    EMV ride systems were also built for Disney theme park attractions. Rocket Rods, on the former PeopleMover track of Tomorrowland, Disneyland, Anaheim...
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    shown at the theater. From 1997 to 2000, the theater was part of the Rocket Rods attraction. Upcoming. America the Beautiful was shown at the extant theater...
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    rockets, batteries of rockets, and rockets with delta wing stabilizers (instead of the common guiding rods). In his 1696 work, ‘The Making of Rockets...
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  • (1999–present) Backlot (2002–2019) Rocket Jets See "Astro Orbiter" Rocket Rods 1998 Tomorrowland (1998–2000) Rocket to the Moon See "Flight to the Moon"...
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    Autopia tracks, some monorail tracks, trees and the currently derelict Rocket Rods/PeopleMover track. During the attraction's opening in June 1959, the...
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    Missile (category Rockets and missiles)
    still recognized today with any unguided jet- or rocket-propelled weapons generally described as rocket artillery. Airborne explosive devices without propulsion...
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    World in Tokyo Disneyland "Meet the World" "We Meet the World with Love" Rocket Rods "Magic Highways" Walt Disney's Carousel of Progress "The Best Time of...
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    remained in place until 1998 when the Circle-Vision 360° was replaced by Rocket Rods and a new mural was designed to reflect the new theme. Her design of...
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    Replaced The World Beneath Us Replaced by Wonders of China (post 1960–1984) Rocket Rods (post 1996–1997) Magic Kingdom Area Tomorrowland Status Removed Opening...
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  • A lightning rocket is a rocket that unravels a conductor, such as a fine copper wire, as it ascends, to conduct lightning charges to the ground. Lightning...
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    1982 premiere of the CommuniCore Exhibit at EPCOT. "Magic Highways" for Rocket Rods "Makin' Memories" for Magic Journeys The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room for Walt...
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    Warhead (redirect from Rocket warhead)
    cause damage or injury. Continuous rod: Metal bars welded on their ends form a compact cylinder of interconnected rods, which is violently expanded into...
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    Ion thruster (redirect from Ion rocket)
    spacecraft must rely on other methods such as conventional chemical rockets or non-rocket launch technologies to reach their initial orbit. The first person...
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  • Kingdom, The Timekeeper at Tokyo Disneyland and Disneyland Paris, and Rocket Rods at Disneyland. The ride closed in Hong Kong in 2017 to make way for Ant-Man...
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