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propellant
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The aerosol is created when a valve is opened, allowing liquid propellant to spray out of a canister.
Rocketdyne designs and produces liquid propellant rocket engines, including the space shuttle's main engines.
This is done to keep the tank's super-cold cargo -- 526,126 gallons of liquid propellant used to fire the shuttle's three main engines -- in a liquid state and to prevent icing.
 
 
 
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