ocr: Steering a rocket We normally steer vehicles on Earth using friction. A car, for example, uses the friction between its tires and the road to steer. In the vacuum of space there is nothing a spacecratt can push upon in order to change direction. Instead, small rocket engines, located on the outside of the spacecratt, are used for steering. ROCKEIS USED FOR STEERING WuL - pat : W L The pilot can fire the engines that face forward to slow the spacecratt down. Firing all the engines pointing to one side of the spacecraft shifts it sideways. And by firing pairs of rockets at opposite corners of th ...
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