Labels:text | screenshot OCR: ROCKET POWER SPACE TECHNOLOGY Solid-propellant rockets are often used as - boosters to provide initial thrust for a larger, liquid-propellant rocket. The largest solid- propellant rockets in the world, at 45 m (149 ft) high, are the US Space Shuttle's rocket boosters. They contain 586,500 kg (1.2 million lb) of propellant and produce an average of 13 million newtons (31/3 million lb force) of thrust. These rockets have been designed so that, after burning, they fall back THRUSTING POWER into the sea to be recovered and refilled for use The US Space Shuttle has on further missions. Solid-propellant rockets are massive solid-propellant reliable and simple to construct; they can produce boosters that use a great amount of thrust in a short space of time. ammonium percholate as The major disad ...
