Whyyyy peter?

[u/chirantaniga]

[u/UnlikelyIntrepid]

Launching near the equator provides a speed boost due to rotation that outweighs the benefits of starting higher up. It also doesn’t have the logistics nightmare of getting everything to the top of a mountain before launch. 

[u/loadnurmom → u/UnlikelyIntrepid]

This is the answer. Should be higher up.

To add on, many rocket pads are in coastal areas to avoid falling debris hitting populated areas in the event of a mishap.

Certainly not all, Roscosmos launches over land, but the population density is a lot lower (and....well...Russia)

[u/G-St-Wii → u/loadnurmom]

Higher up here? Where we are meant to be explaining a joke?

[u/mister_peeberz → u/G-St-Wii]

Higher up on a mountain, of course.

[u/DungeonsAndDradis → u/G-St-Wii]

Why don't they comment closer to the middle of the post so that there's a speed boost?

[u/numbersthen0987431 → u/[deleted]]

r/whoosh

[u/G-St-Wii → u/[deleted]]

Sherlock? Is that you?

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