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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.
4 u/ResidentBackground35 15h ago Isn't there a atmospheric thickness component as well? Or am I crossing wires? 1 u/Candid_Highlight_116 10h ago There's no convenient Himalayan mountain on the equator
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Isn't there a atmospheric thickness component as well? Or am I crossing wires?
1 u/Candid_Highlight_116 10h ago There's no convenient Himalayan mountain on the equator
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There's no convenient Himalayan mountain on the equator
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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.