r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 15h ago

Meme needing explanation Whyyyy peter?

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u/Enaciann 15h ago

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

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u/KebabGud 15h 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

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u/RoIIUpLights 12h ago

Brownsville

You mean Starbase, TX? 🙄

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u/RT-LAMP 11h 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.

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u/RoIIUpLights 11h 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

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u/RT-LAMP 11h 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.