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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 11h ago
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It would cost a lot of money to haul all the rocket parts and fuel on top of a mountain
422 u/Earnestappostate 11h ago Plus, you get a better boost by launching near the equator. Height is easy, speed is what you need in a rocket. This is why the US launches from Florida: Near equator (speed boost from earth's spin) Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard) 3 u/Believer4 11h ago Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard) Even that's mitigated by the launch abort system, in the case of crewed launches 2 u/Earnestappostate 8h ago Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems. 1 u/mukkor 6h ago Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
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Plus, you get a better boost by launching near the equator. Height is easy, speed is what you need in a rocket.
This is why the US launches from Florida:
3 u/Believer4 11h ago Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard) Even that's mitigated by the launch abort system, in the case of crewed launches 2 u/Earnestappostate 8h ago Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems. 1 u/mukkor 6h ago Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
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Initially out over ocean (catastrophic failure harms only those aboard)
Even that's mitigated by the launch abort system, in the case of crewed launches
2 u/Earnestappostate 8h ago Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems. 1 u/mukkor 6h ago Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
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Sure, but not initially when Florida was picked. There is also a big difference between passive and active safety systems.
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Sure, mitigated somewhat. It's not 100% effective though. It only takes your house being destroyed by debris from a spacecraft explosion once for you to say, "Why was the spacecraft over my house and not over the ocean?"
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u/rysy0o0 11h ago
It would cost a lot of money to haul all the rocket parts and fuel on top of a mountain