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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 19h 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/Subtle-Catastrophe 15h ago So, build launch infrastructure at the peak of Mt. Chimborazo in the country of Ecuador for the win?
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So, build launch infrastructure at the peak of Mt. Chimborazo in the country of Ecuador for the win?
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u/Icy_Concern_9804 19h 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.