# What's Harder Than Rocket Science? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2007, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969 "2007-03-29T13:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/41 "2007-03-30T12:38:01Z")
I once heard on NPR an interview with a woman who had worked professionally as both a brain surgeon and a rocket scientist. She confirmed that brain surgery was indeed the more difficult of the two. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/42 "2007-03-30T12:47:21Z")
Starting that second try at a problem that drove you to full-bore gold-braided hair-tearing despair the first time. If insanity can be defined as doing the same thing and expecting a different result, civilization must depend deeply and broadly on great minds that are slightly cracked. ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/43 "2007-03-30T12:50:15Z")
[QUOTE=CanvasShoes] Finding a good man. Makes Rocket Science look like playing hopscotch! [/QUOTE] Amen to that! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AHoosierMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/258eb7/32.png) [@AHoosierMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHoosierMama)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/44 "2007-03-30T13:38:54Z")
Getting toddlers to share. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/45 "2007-03-30T14:34:53Z")
There’s headline for everything on The Onion: [Suborbital Ballistic-Propulsion Engineer Not Exactly A Rocket Scientist](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/35085) ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/46 "2007-03-30T16:16:30Z")
[QUOTE=scotandrsn] [Suborbital Ballistic-Propulsion Engineer Not Exactly A Rocket Scientist](http://www.theonion.com/content/node/35085) [/QUOTE] Shit, that’s me! Well, except for the yellow t-shirt; I would never wear a piece of attire that makes me look like an egg yoke. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/47 "2007-03-30T16:29:49Z")
Passing a camel through the eye of a needle ---
**Author:** ![Lambo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lambo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lambo)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/48 "2007-03-30T23:34:31Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Passing a camel through the eye of a needle [/QUOTE] Hell, just passing a camel is hard enough. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/49 "2007-03-30T23:37:55Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Passing a camel through the eye of a needle [/QUOTE] Trivial. Get a very large needle, and a _really_ large meat grinder; problem solved ! It _is_ hard on the camel, I’ll admit. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2007, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969/50 "2007-03-30T23:42:31Z")
I submit that the ongoing study of ecological relationships and fitting them together into a meaningful whole is pretty tough. Guess what I do. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-harder-than-rocket-science/397969.md?page=2)