Stop in for a cup of coffee

Why did they need JATO assist? Never ever heard the used it except for Fat Albert?
Guess because they thought they had a missile coming up their *** I don't know but was there for the ride.
Maybe it wasn't a JATO but we went up pretty darn fast.
The pilot came back and told us all what had happened.
I initially thought we were crashing, we were that close to the ground as we turned.