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Noun: moonshot  'moon,shót
  1. An ambitious project with a high chance of failure
     
  2. The launching of a spacecraft to the moon
    - moon shot
     
  3. A challenging and innovative long-term investment or project, with high risk of failure but large potential impact
    - moon shot

Derived forms: moonshots, moon shots

Type of: project, projection, rocket firing, rocket launching

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