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throttle
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``Yesterday we thought things were bad when we throttled down to five knots.
``I got to the line and throttled down, and when (guard Jason Grain) dumped his guy, I slipped through.
Liquid-propellant rockets are more complex, requiring pumps and other systems, but NASA has been studying their use for the shuttle boosters in part because they would allow the motors to be throttled down or even stopped and restarted if necessary.
 
 
 
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