An_Overview_Of_SRBs_And_Their_Application_In_A_Shuttle_Launc

An Overview Of SRBs And Their Application In A Shuttle Launch Have you ever seen a spaceship before launch' If you so I’m sure you have noticed the two cylindrical objects with the cone tops mounted on the side of the space shuttle. Those are Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs). SRBs are very useful to do many tasks. Not only does NASA use the technology of SRBs, they are used every where, even a long time ago. Did you know that SRBs were the first engines created by man' They were invented hundreds of years ago in China and have been used ever since. Even in the National Anthem the line about "the rocket's red glare" is talking about small military SRBs. Let’s have a look at how these SRBs got to be so useful and how they are made. The idea behind a simple SRB is straight forward. What you want to do is create something that burns very quickly but does not explode. As you are probably aware, gunpowder explodes. It is because of there innate properties SRBs are very safe, with a low cost to produce and relatively simple. In a small model rocket engine or in a tiny bottle rocket srbs, shuttle, pounds, launch, fuel, about, percent, miles, thrust, million, each, burn, two, star, srb, space, simple, earth, whole, very, tank, rocket, per, part, out, once, off, minutes, hour, holds, external, empty, easy, actually, weight