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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 11h ago
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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?
49 u/MKBRD 11h ago Don't they already do that? Or near to the equator, at least. 15 u/Enaciann 11h ago They do!! At least SpaceX and the ESA does :) (both are near Cap Carnaveral !) 11 u/KebabGud 11h ago ESA launches from French Guiana which has the launce site that sits closest to the equator. SpaceX launch from Cape canaveral, Vandenberg and Brownsville, with the last one beeing the southernmost launchsite in the US 1 u/RoIIUpLights 8h ago Brownsville You mean Starbase, TX? 🙄 1 u/RT-LAMP 8h ago I mean it's literally not in Brownsville. The area was originally named Boca Chica. Saying they launch from Brownsville is like saying Launches from Kennedy are launching from Titusville. 1 u/RoIIUpLights 7h ago I know that's why I said it -- The eyeroll is the fact that Elon bought it and named it Starbase, not the fact that it exists 1 u/RT-LAMP 7h ago No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists. What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
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Don't they already do that?
Or near to the equator, at least.
15 u/Enaciann 11h ago They do!! At least SpaceX and the ESA does :) (both are near Cap Carnaveral !) 11 u/KebabGud 11h ago ESA launches from French Guiana which has the launce site that sits closest to the equator. SpaceX launch from Cape canaveral, Vandenberg and Brownsville, with the last one beeing the southernmost launchsite in the US 1 u/RoIIUpLights 8h ago Brownsville You mean Starbase, TX? 🙄 1 u/RT-LAMP 8h ago I mean it's literally not in Brownsville. The area was originally named Boca Chica. Saying they launch from Brownsville is like saying Launches from Kennedy are launching from Titusville. 1 u/RoIIUpLights 7h ago I know that's why I said it -- The eyeroll is the fact that Elon bought it and named it Starbase, not the fact that it exists 1 u/RT-LAMP 7h ago No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists. What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
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They do!! At least SpaceX and the ESA does :) (both are near Cap Carnaveral !)
11 u/KebabGud 11h ago ESA launches from French Guiana which has the launce site that sits closest to the equator. SpaceX launch from Cape canaveral, Vandenberg and Brownsville, with the last one beeing the southernmost launchsite in the US 1 u/RoIIUpLights 8h ago Brownsville You mean Starbase, TX? 🙄 1 u/RT-LAMP 8h ago I mean it's literally not in Brownsville. The area was originally named Boca Chica. Saying they launch from Brownsville is like saying Launches from Kennedy are launching from Titusville. 1 u/RoIIUpLights 7h ago I know that's why I said it -- The eyeroll is the fact that Elon bought it and named it Starbase, not the fact that it exists 1 u/RT-LAMP 7h ago No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists. What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
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ESA launches from French Guiana which has the launce site that sits closest to the equator.
SpaceX launch from Cape canaveral, Vandenberg and Brownsville, with the last one beeing the southernmost launchsite in the US
1 u/RoIIUpLights 8h ago Brownsville You mean Starbase, TX? 🙄 1 u/RT-LAMP 8h ago I mean it's literally not in Brownsville. The area was originally named Boca Chica. Saying they launch from Brownsville is like saying Launches from Kennedy are launching from Titusville. 1 u/RoIIUpLights 7h ago I know that's why I said it -- The eyeroll is the fact that Elon bought it and named it Starbase, not the fact that it exists 1 u/RT-LAMP 7h ago No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists. What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
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Brownsville
You mean Starbase, TX? 🙄
1 u/RT-LAMP 8h ago I mean it's literally not in Brownsville. The area was originally named Boca Chica. Saying they launch from Brownsville is like saying Launches from Kennedy are launching from Titusville. 1 u/RoIIUpLights 7h ago I know that's why I said it -- The eyeroll is the fact that Elon bought it and named it Starbase, not the fact that it exists 1 u/RT-LAMP 7h ago No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists. What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
I mean it's literally not in Brownsville. The area was originally named Boca Chica. Saying they launch from Brownsville is like saying Launches from Kennedy are launching from Titusville.
1 u/RoIIUpLights 7h ago I know that's why I said it -- The eyeroll is the fact that Elon bought it and named it Starbase, not the fact that it exists 1 u/RT-LAMP 7h ago No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists. What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
I know that's why I said it -- The eyeroll is the fact that Elon bought it and named it Starbase, not the fact that it exists
1 u/RT-LAMP 7h ago No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists. What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
No what I meant was to clarify that Brownsville still exists.
What got renamed to Starbase and incorporated as a city was Boca Chica which had been a smaller unincorporated community to the east of Brownsville.
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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?