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Not Tuscon but just west of White Sands Test Range (hence the Virgin Galactic spaceport) having the advantage of White Sands' unlimited restricted airspace to k
by Avshalom 9y ago
Not Tuscon but just west of White Sands Test Range (hence the Virgin Galactic spaceport) having the advantage of White Sands' unlimited restricted airspace to keep launches clean.
- sehugg 9y agoDefinitely to the west ... those winds are killer: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=77775 https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id...
- Avshalom 9y agoYou launch eastwards anyway. With WSMTR to your east you get the advantage of clean air to a degree that even Canaveral can't guarantee.
- MPSimmons 9y agoThey actually do have to clear all launches with White Sands, though. I mean... not that they have many launches from there (yet?)