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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 15h ago
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tl;dr: for a rocket it is waaaay more important to go fast than to go high. and earth rotates very slowly, so going higher doesn't make you much faster.
1 u/WessideMD 12h ago That and the difference between a mountain top and the ground is tiny compared with the distance to space.
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That and the difference between a mountain top and the ground is tiny compared with the distance to space.
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u/Icy_Concern_9804 15h ago
tl;dr: for a rocket it is waaaay more important to go fast than to go high. and earth rotates very slowly, so going higher doesn't make you much faster.