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Old 08-29-2009, 12:52 AM   #53985
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is there a reason for that? NASA headquarters there??
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Never seen a launch, but saw it land many times standing right beside the runway at Edwards AFB. The sonic boom was awesome !

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is there a reason for that? NASA headquarters there??
Headquarters is in Houston Tex. Launch pad is in Fl.
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Old 08-29-2009, 12:57 AM   #53987
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Headquarters is in Houston Tex. Launch pad is in Fl.
how come they always launch from FL then? is there a certain reason?
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how come they always launch from FL then? is there a certain reason?
That's where the Lauch facilities are only place they ever have launched from
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Old 08-29-2009, 05:15 AM   #53993
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Old 08-29-2009, 06:32 AM   #53994
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and Texas is awesome lol

been down there before really cool
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1978 Vette.

Should I?

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Old 08-29-2009, 09:14 AM   #53998
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how come they always launch from FL then? is there a certain reason?
Same reason ESA launches most of their stuff from Guyana, or the Soviets launched from Baikanour. It involves complex math and orbital mechanics that in layman's terms say: It's easiest to launch near the equator using the least amount of fuel and getting the most out of the earths rotation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacepo...considerations

Also, 68; the Shuttle can launch from Vandenburg, some of the pads there can be refitted in the same manner the cape pads were done when the shuttle program was finished in the late 70s. It's just too costly to fly the thing piggy back on the 747 unless something really effed up the pads at the cape.

Prolly the only reason I can think of them ever launching from Vandenburg.
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