To: Soul of the South
"Another extremely poor piece of journalism. No attempt to answer the obvious questions: 1) The United States and NASA have several launch facilities inside the continental United States. Why is NASA incurring the time, expense and risk of launching it halfway around the planet?"
I just can't get past this question -- sorry, but WTF are those people thinking?
This shouldn't be rocket science, why wouldn't they put an American launch site first?
Do they think they'll save enough money to make the risks worthwhile? 
38 posted on
03/13/2021 2:46:35 PM PST by
BroJoeK
((a little historical perspective...) )
To: BroJoeK
I just can't get past this question -- sorry, but WTF are those people thinking? This shouldn't be rocket science, why wouldn't they put an American launch site first? Do they think they'll save enough money to make the risks worthwhile? The closer to the equator you launch from, the more assist you get from the Earth's rotation.
Why is it better to launch from the Equator?
39 posted on
03/13/2021 2:51:38 PM PST by
Yo-Yo
(is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: BroJoeK
See post #8 - larger payload from equatorial launch sites
55 posted on
03/13/2021 3:22:01 PM PST by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: BroJoeK
you seem to not know much about orbital insertion
73 posted on
03/13/2021 7:48:28 PM PST by
al baby
(Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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