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If the Space Shuttles had liquid fuel boosters instead of solid fuel boosters, would it have used the same type of external tanks as what the Space Shuttles really used? - Quora
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Blast From The Past: Space Shuttle Program - This illustration is a cutaway of the solid rocket booster (SRB) sections with callouts. The Shuttle's two SRB's are the largest solids ever built
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