You don't have to be a 'rocket scientist' [=you don't have to be unusually smart] to understand the instructions.
Sales 'rocketed' from 1,000 units last week to 5,000 units this week.
The job is challenging, but it's not exactly 'rocket science'.
(..) Faces turned white ... ... or some proposal for a physical camera invention ... ... that'd end with the camera exploding because it'd have to move too fast. It'd have to be connected to a rocket in order to get the shots. John's idea was to replace it with hundreds of still cameras. A moving image (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited
(..) ... and moving the camera at regular speed. And Bill Pope, the pussy ... ... wouldn't strap a rocket to his back. The discussion was, we put a rocket ... ... on a dolly so that it zooms real fast.. That wasn't really (..)2001 The Matrix Revisited