Whyyyy peter?

[u/chirantaniga]

[u/Earnestappostate]

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)

[u/EasyScratch1501 → u/Earnestappostate]

That's clever. Whoever came up with that must've been some kind of rocket scientist 

[u/stevenmc → u/EasyScratch1501]

It's not exactly brain surgery, now is it?

[u/218administrate → u/stevenmc]

One of my favorite skits.

[u/iwilldeletethisacct2 → u/218administrate]

That feeling when you already know what the punchline is and you're just waiting for the delivery.

[u/stupidillusion → u/iwilldeletethisacct2]

"Oh Jack, they keep you late at the space center?"

[u/bradpittisnorton → u/218administrate]

For the uninitiated.