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"Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More se..." — Henry Spencer
Whether solid rockets are more or less likely to fail than liquid-fuel rockets is debatable. More serious, though, is that when they do fail, it's usually violent and spectacular.
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