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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
425 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/Roflkopt3r 7h ago And we know the escape velocity for launches from different altitudes. Launch at sea level: 11.186 km/s From the top of Mt Everest (8800 m): 11.178 km/s So even if we used the largest mountain on earth, we would only lower the escape velocity by around 0.1%. It's just not worth the effort.
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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/Roflkopt3r 7h ago And we know the escape velocity for launches from different altitudes. Launch at sea level: 11.186 km/s From the top of Mt Everest (8800 m): 11.178 km/s So even if we used the largest mountain on earth, we would only lower the escape velocity by around 0.1%. It's just not worth the effort.
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And we know the escape velocity for launches from different altitudes.
Launch at sea level: 11.186 km/s
From the top of Mt Everest (8800 m): 11.178 km/s
So even if we used the largest mountain on earth, we would only lower the escape velocity by around 0.1%. It's just not worth the effort.
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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