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Retro-Rockets
Small boosters to provide a thrust counter to the current velocity of the spacecraft, slowing it down or stopping its progress altogether. (Read the full article)
| "You said, "However, the rockets that he envisioned were far to small to actually prevent..."
You mean far "too" small I believe." (NPS 9/4/2007 7:18:00 PM ) |
| "Thanks for writing - I hate errors. Fixed." (Bill Christensen 9/6/2007 1:05:23 PM ) |
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