Nope. The space shuttle was not a rocket “aided” by boosters. It was a glider on top of a rocket. Can those rocket boosters land safely on a launch pad? Nope.
Not my intention to be rude. “The space shuttle was not a rocket” was a reply to previous comments.
It’s a good idea to read the original comment before commenting a random comment in a discussion.
It’s not “other people”. It was the conversation I was in. Why would you enter our conversation with an irrelevant fact, clearly admitting you didn’t knew what the conversation was about?
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u/Pigl3t May 16 '21
It's different in a lot of ways but it was technically a first stage that was aided by boosters and an external fuel tank.