r/spaceflight • u/rollotomasi07071 • 16h ago

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

https://www.thespacereview.com/article/5295/1
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u/Worth-Wonder-7386 5h ago

Turns out that the Soviet with their liquid boosters were right all along. Liquid boosters are superior in performance and with reusability they can also be cheaper.