[manwiththehands]

Another reason to put launch facilities as close to the equator as possible (i.e. Florida) has something to do with the amount of fuel required to reach orbit velocity. If you launch from the equator it takes less fuel than if you launched from Wisconsin. Sounds like too much cheese to the brain goin' on up there ...

[inquest]

Another reason to put launch facilities as close to the equator as possible (i.e. Florida) has something to do with the amount of fuel required to reach orbit velocity. If you launch from the equator it takes less fuel than if you launched from Wisconsin.

The difference isn't that much. The earth rotates at about 0.46 km per second at the equator. The difference between Wisconsin and Florida can't be any more than one third of that. Minimum orbital velocity, by contrast, is 8 km per second.