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From: campbelr@hpsel1.HP.COM (Bob Campbell)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Re: 100% plus? was Re: Shuttle Rolling and Throttle Back
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Date: 4 Oct 88 18:55:26 GMT
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>  What is the difference between a motor and an engine? Seems
>  like the terms are used interchangeably. Are they? 
> 
>  m wooding
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A simple definition is that there are solid-fueled rocket motors and
liquid-fueled rocket engines.  I am not sure what a hybrid rocket with
solid fuel and liquid oxidizer is, but I would call it a motor.

These are the definitions I was taught and are not verified be Webster's.

Bob Campbell                Some times I wish that I could stop you from 
campbelr@hpda.hp.com        talking, when I hear the silly things you say.
Hewlett Packard                                    - Elvis Costello