The smoldering dead end: a history of solid rocket motors and their economic scaling limits

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Launch vehicles have used solid rocket motors for decades, although many new vehicles eschew them. Michael Puckett discusses the factors that led to adoption of solid motors on many early launch vehicles and why economics is pushing solids out of the market.

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• T2The smoldering dead end: a history of solid rocket motors and their economic scaling limitsSpacePolicyOnline / The Space Review24 Aug, 11:59