>>43272366Daaaaaaaamn, I remember reading all 4 (or was it 5?) of these books.
I remember the story involved it landing and taking off, the thrusters are obviously way too small for that.
If anyone cares, it's from a Swedish Young Adult novel series called "Universums Öde" ("Fate of the Universe"), which had a strong environmental theme to it. Earth's resources are gone, humans have exploited the solar system, and an alien transports the main character to a different solar system to "start over". I liked it when I was 10 but not sure I would like it now.