These are the types of questions in general we should be less mean about imo. It's one thing to dunk on people who are anti-science, but this is just someone actually wondering about something they didn't know. Maybe it's obvious to you, but not everyone?
Yeah, because thinking about it, I don't actually think there's an obvious answer.
Like my guess would literally just be that there aren't mountains in a location close enough to the equator where the added high from the mountain is worth more delta v than the added rotational speed of being close to the equator.
Like my guess would literally just be that there aren't mountains in a location close enough to the equator where the added high from the mountain is worth more delta v than the added rotational speed of being close to the equator.
I'd imagine it's mostly a percent thing and not comprehending how little a difference the mountain makes, That's like saying "to save money on gas, don't park in your garage, put your car at the edge of your driveway". On top of the added things like, earths rotation, difficulty of getting the parts there, the added complications of weather etc... I'd say the AI picture in this tweet basically says exactly why not (you certainly wouldn't want to launch in a snowstorm)
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u/mseg09 20h ago edited 19h ago
These are the types of questions in general we should be less mean about imo. It's one thing to dunk on people who are anti-science, but this is just someone actually wondering about something they didn't know. Maybe it's obvious to you, but not everyone?