A、The rocket should be inexpensive to construct. B、The rocket is capable of lifting heavy spacecraft into orbit. C、The rocket sh

The great advance in rocket theory 40 years ago showed that liquid-fuel rackets were far superior in every respect to the skyrocket with its weak solid fuel, the only kind of rocket then known. However, during the last decade, large, solid-fuel rockets with solid fuels a bout as powerful as powerful fuels have made their appearance, and it is a favorite layman’s question to inquire which one is "better". The question is meaningless; one might as well as ask whether a gasoline or a diesel engine is "better", it all depends on the purpose. A liquid-fuel rocket is complicated, but has the advantage that it can be controlled beautifully. The bunting of the rocket engine can be stopped completely; it can be reignited when desired. A solid-fuel rocket, tin the other hand, is rather simple in construction, though hard to build when a really large size is desired. But once you have a solid-fuel rocket, it is ready for action at a very short notice. A liquid fuel rocket has to be fueled flint and Carl not be held in readiness in very long slier it has been fueled.  However, once a solid-fuel rocket has been ignited, it will keep burning. It can’t be stopped and reignited whenever desired. Because a solid fuel rocket can be kept ready for a long time, most missiles employ solid fuels, but manned space flight needs the line adjustments that can only be pro vided by liquid-fuel rocket. It may be added that a liquid-fuel rocket is an expensive device; a large solid-fund rocket is, by comparison cheap.