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TorKlingberg
on March 9, 2017
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SpaceX Will Launch Its First Reused Rocket Later T...
Solid fuel rockets have a much simpler design, no fuel pumps or cry-cooled fuel tanks. But they are less efficient weight wise, and you cannot turn them off to abort a launch.
simonh
on March 9, 2017
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Unless you decide to compromise the design by manufacturing them in sections with dodgy O-ring connections.
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