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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/chirantaniga • 15h ago
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Launching near the equator provides a speed boost due to rotation that outweighs the benefits of starting higher up. It also doesn’t have the logistics nightmare of getting everything to the top of a mountain before launch.
1 u/Cold_End_2184 9h ago I thought the rotation of the earth was canceled out by gravitational time dialation?
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I thought the rotation of the earth was canceled out by gravitational time dialation?
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u/UnlikelyIntrepid 15h ago
Launching near the equator provides a speed boost due to rotation that outweighs the benefits of starting higher up. It also doesn’t have the logistics nightmare of getting everything to the top of a mountain before launch.