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Rockets generally want to fly over unpopulated areas to avoid raining debris on people should they explode. They get a boost as well when flying east due to the
by zaphoyd 10y ago
Rockets generally want to fly over unpopulated areas to avoid raining debris on people should they explode. They get a boost as well when flying east due to the earths rotation. As a result, launch pads are located in areas where the rocket will be able to fly east over an ocean or unpopulated area.
- WalterBright 10y ago> a boost as well when flying east due to the earths rotation This will slow the earth's rotation slightly. Future generations will rue our profligate wastage of earth's angular momentum.
- bashinator 10y agoIf that's a problem, then I'll be a happy ancestor
- dotancohen 10y agoIf the hardware comes back down then it's returning the angular momentum on burn-up or landing. Only interplanetary hardware is robbing posterity of angular momentum.
- snowwrestler 10y agoStop Global Slowing!
- TeMPOraL 10y agoOr at least #SlowGlobalSlowing!
- AstralStorm 10y agoWe can always launch more rockets the other way.