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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 11d ago
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tl;dr: for a rocket it is waaaay more important to go fast than to go high. and earth rotates very slowly, so going higher doesn't make you much faster.
• u/Maephia 11d ago So would it be theoretically easier to launch rockets at the equator since that's where the spin is the fastest? • u/nLedd 11d ago Yes, and you almost always want to launch heading east to get a speed boost from the Earth's rotation.
So would it be theoretically easier to launch rockets at the equator since that's where the spin is the fastest?
• u/nLedd 11d ago Yes, and you almost always want to launch heading east to get a speed boost from the Earth's rotation.
Yes, and you almost always want to launch heading east to get a speed boost from the Earth's rotation.
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u/Icy_Concern_9804 11d ago
tl;dr: for a rocket it is waaaay more important to go fast than to go high. and earth rotates very slowly, so going higher doesn't make you much faster.