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This article seems to be confused[edit]

It is about the Space Shuttle solid rocket which is called the Solid rocket booster, but contains a lot of info about other sorts of solid rockets. --JamesHoadley 01:22, 21 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

That is correct, this article is about SRBs in general, not just the Shuttle SRBs. SRB will also be used on the new Ares IV and Ares V, as well. Testing is in progress for newer versions.LanceBarber (talk) 15:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Reliability or risk ?[edit]

"In addition, reliability of these kinds of solid rockets is about 1%, with the failure modes generally being catastrophic."

I'm sure reliability is about 99%? MKultra 18:09, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Merge[edit]

Should this article be merged with Booster (rocketry)?Jellyfish dave (talk) 17:56, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Merged with Solid-propellant rocket today. --Neopeius (talk) 14:53, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

dubious merge; until SpaceX called their first stage "the booster", boosters attached to a core stage. and solid propellant rocket includes toy rockets and the much smaller sub orbital sounding rockets. - Rod57 (talk) 17:57, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

So how does the thing actually work ?[edit]

The article as it stands says nothing about how these things actually work. Like - structure and individual basic components, where the combustion occurs, types of fuel, etc. etc. Which is what I came here for. Rcbutcher (talk) 08:54, 11 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Could add[edit]

Could add : rockets that can use high numbers of SRBs - eg Atlas V 551, Ariane 6 A64, Vulcan centaur ..., Notable SRBs, eg highest thrust, or highest impulse, longest, widest, most massive ? - Rod57 (talk) 18:07, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]