The rocket consists of a giant core stage flanked by two solid rocket boosters, each slightly larger than the first stage of Ares I.

火箭有一个巨大的核心，两侧是两个固体火箭助推器，每个比战神i的第一级稍微大一些。

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But in launch position, the orbiter is perched on the side of its 15-story external fuel tank and flanked by two solid rocket boosters.

但在发射点，轨道器一面是15层楼高的外挂燃料箱，两侧是两个固体火箭助推器。

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A shuttle on the launch pad measures 184 feet (56 meters) tall from the tip of the external tank down to the aft skirts of its twin solid rocket boosters.

从外部燃料箱的顶端至船尾固体火箭助推器的裙摆，发射台上的航天飞机高184英尺(56米)。

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The space shuttle uses ATK's four-segment solid rocket boosters (SRBs) to do the major part of lifting the shuttle stack off the Earth.

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Way back in November of 1985, on just its second mission, Atlantis experienced a blow-back of hot gases past the primary O-rings in one of its solid rocket boosters, resulting in serious erosion of said O-ring.

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It's almost the same mix as in the solid-rocket boosters on the Space Shuttle, and it's powerful stuff.

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