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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 11d ago
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It would cost a lot of money to haul all the rocket parts and fuel on top of a mountain
• u/Earnestappostate 11d ago Plus, you get a better boost by launching near the equator. Height is easy, speed is what you need in a rocket. This is why the US launches from Florida: Near equator (speed boost from earth's spin) Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard) • u/aguysomewhere 11d ago Launch them from Peru or Bolivia and you get both • u/logothetestoudromou 10d ago Dropping boosters deep into the Amazon going to freak out some undiscovered tribes.
Plus, you get a better boost by launching near the equator. Height is easy, speed is what you need in a rocket.
This is why the US launches from Florida:
• u/aguysomewhere 11d ago Launch them from Peru or Bolivia and you get both • u/logothetestoudromou 10d ago Dropping boosters deep into the Amazon going to freak out some undiscovered tribes.
Launch them from Peru or Bolivia and you get both
• u/logothetestoudromou 10d ago Dropping boosters deep into the Amazon going to freak out some undiscovered tribes.
Dropping boosters deep into the Amazon going to freak out some undiscovered tribes.
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u/rysy0o0 11d ago
It would cost a lot of money to haul all the rocket parts and fuel on top of a mountain