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Boca Chica is not the Southernmost point in the US. One if the Florida Keys is. The main reason that area was a wildlife sanctuary was that nobody wanted it fo
by RecycledEle 2y ago
Boca Chica is not the Southernmost point in the US. One if the Florida Keys is.
The main reason that area was a wildlife sanctuary was that nobody wanted it for anything else, so it was a cheap political move to make it "protected."
A launch site needs more than latitude. It needs possible launch trajectories that star by going over water to avoid possible debis falling in people or property.
Launch sites at higher altitude are better than those at lower altitude.
- jdiez17 2y agoTrue. Updated my comment.
- 7952 2y agoRegardless of how it was preserved it is still a valuable habitat for some vulnerable species. And a recreational amenity for people. Nor would the absence of a sanctuary make it automatically ok to kill wildlife or cause pollution.
- chgs 2y agoHonolulu is like 100 miles further south than the Florida keys
- throwawaymaths 2y agoEver tried shipping anything to Hawaii?
- ahazred8ta 2y agoBoca Chica at 25°59′49″N is within 50 N/S miles of Cape Sable, Florida 25°7′6″N the southernmost point on the U.S. mainland. It's just about the southernmost place not near a town. -- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_th...