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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/Believer4 11d ago Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard) Even that's mitigated by the launch abort system, in the case of crewed launches • u/Earnestappostate 10d ago Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems. • u/mukkor 10d ago Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
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/Believer4 11d ago Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard) Even that's mitigated by the launch abort system, in the case of crewed launches • u/Earnestappostate 10d ago Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems. • u/mukkor 10d ago Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard)
Even that's mitigated by the launch abort system, in the case of crewed launches
• u/Earnestappostate 10d ago Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems. • u/mukkor 10d ago Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems.
Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
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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