[orionblamblam]

> 'Surface-to-space' intercepts *are* calculated assuming a stationary earth.

BWAAAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!!!!!!

Yeah. I'll tell my co-workers that they can stop using POST, then, shall I? Maybe we can stop all the foolishness of launching low inclination orbital missions from near the equator and polar missions from higher latitudes and launching everything in an easterly direction.

Hell, maybe we'll finally stop using the rocket equation to calculate delta V. I always did think that it was always too restrictive.

[detsaoT]

Yeah. I'll tell my co-workers that they can stop using POST, then, shall I? Maybe we can stop all the foolishness of launching low inclination orbital missions from near the equator and polar missions from higher latitudes and launching everything in an easterly direction.

Not to question your statement, but from recollection, the Balkanour Cosmodrome (which bills itself as the largest space-launch facility in the world) is nowhere near the equator, but rather lives at 45 degrees North. Are you sure that closeness to the equator is a factor in orbital launch?

Regards,
~dt~