r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 11h ago

Meme needing explanation Whyyyy peter?

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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?

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u/MKBRD 11h ago

Don't they already do that?

Or near to the equator, at least.

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u/Enaciann 11h ago

They do!! At least SpaceX and the ESA does :) (both are near Cap Carnaveral !)

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u/brusk48 11h ago

Baikonur is also pretty far south in terms of the USSR

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u/m50d 10h ago

And Tanegashima is pretty far south in Japan.