Caltrops - The Knuckle Shuffle





	[quote name="corax"][quote name="Chairman Mao"][quote name="corax"]The main engines run on liquid fuel, which stays very cold until it gets to the engines, and can be precisely controlled by the fuel delivery system. Solid rockets develop very high temperatures and pressures over a large area, and can't be throttled back in the event of a malfunction. As I said, it's tricky to make them work right. The Soviets, who had no trouble cloning the H-bomb within a few years, took a long time to get the hang of solid-fueled ICBMs.[/quote] And you think a flow controller explosion in the Main Engine unit that pierced the fuel tank would not have resulted in a similar catastrophe? For what reason exactly?[/quote] I didn't say it wouldn't. My point was that if you <i>had</i> to make a guess, it would be safest to bet against the company using the newest tech.[/quote]