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Knowing little about this stuff, would it not be possible, and preferable, to eject them? Also, how realistic would it be to turn off liquid boosters, as they seem to usually fail with an immediate explosion?

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Given the massive thrust they produce, and how close they are to delicate things like the tank, it's hard to imagine a system that could possibly work. It would be exquisitely difficult to get the vectors just right, so they wouldn't bush against the tanks or worse, and even if you pull that off, their exhaust will have bad effects as they pass by.

Short of not using them at all, exhaust ports at the top as mentioned by exDM69 sound like least worst option.

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