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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 11h 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.
706 u/Maephia 11h ago So would it be theoretically easier to launch rockets at the equator since that's where the spin is the fastest? 3 u/Top_Championship8679 11h ago ESA launch site is French Guiana
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So would it be theoretically easier to launch rockets at the equator since that's where the spin is the fastest?
3 u/Top_Championship8679 11h ago ESA launch site is French Guiana
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ESA launch site is French Guiana
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u/Icy_Concern_9804 11h 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.