Why launch so far North without the benefit of Equatorial larger angular momentum?
Nasa is another civilian force boondogle. Government space program should be under the military.
NASA, another big socialist sucubus.
Being near the equator becomes more important the nearer to an equatorial orbit you desire. A good example is a geosynchronous orbit.
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