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dabluecaboose • yesterday at 10:03 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> The Space Shuttle has four parts, namely the Orbiter, the External Tank, and the two SRBs. Only the Orbiter is reusable and actually lands, the rest are jettisoned in flight and burn up in the atmosphere.

Nitpick- the SRBs were also recovered and reused


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motionlessveloc • yesterday at 10:04 PM

Right you are, corrected.