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> From my elementary school memories, the Space Shuttle used a giant center rocket and two booster rockets that we expendable That's incorrect. The orange "gi
by lupusreal 2y ago
> From my elementary school memories, the Space Shuttle used a giant center rocket and two booster rockets that we expendable
That's incorrect. The orange "giant center rocket" had no engines, it was an external tank which held the propellant burned by the orbiter's main engines. The SSMEs were on the "Shuttle thing" and were reused.
- Thorrez 2y agoAlso, the solid rocket boosters (the 2 things next to the big orange thing) were jettisoned into the ocean, then collected, refurbished, and reused.