== 'Rocket' for Laymen == 

 I suspect this is an excellent article for a certain audience, but for a layman it's excessive on the techno/science and lite to basic information. 

 In reading 'Rocket' article, the 'Spaceflight' section seems to provide the only clue as to the speed of the fastest rocket: "...rockets are particularly useful when very high speeds are required, such as orbital speed (Mach 24+[99])." 

 I know that Mach 24+ (over 29,000 km/h; 18,000 mph) is probably not the fastest because in the Wiki's "List of Vehicle Speed Records" article I discovered that the 'New Horizon' probe achieved 'Earth-exiting speed of 58,536 (36,373)'. Btw, I also checked 'Rocket Engine' and still no answer. 

 I hope you see my point. The topic is "Rocket". To a layman, we are wondering what rockets do? Sure, we want to know how they fly even though most of us learned about Newton's 3rd Law in elementary school. But a layman might want to know how high they fly? how far? how fast? 

 I'm impressed with the detail of the article. Clearly there's great subject matter expertise, but I don't think there's enough thought about informing non-scientific readers. 

 I think Wiki does a GREAT job and have no question about that, and I support it with my donations each year. SuperHawks