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The physics secrets that dictate where NASA launches its rockets from (and why we don’t launch rockets from mountains)
When you launch a spacecraft, you need to propel a very large, heavy object high into the air, so fast that it can overcome Earth’s gravity. That takes one heck of a lot of energy – which means one heck of a lot of fuel and, hence ,one heck of a lot of …
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BBC Sky at Night Magazine
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