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you’ll not be surprised to learn that Elon also just stuck his bomb site in a very bad ecological place -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Apr 20 '23, 10:21

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https://twitter.com/strawberrysueno/status/1648783956651778049?s=20 (twitter.com)

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Look at Cape Canaveral. The whole thing is a nature preserve. -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 10:25 3
- FWIW, I believe it was made into a nature preserve *because* of the NASA installation. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 10:28 2
  - also, one that NASA has never burned to a crisp -- nm - decline Apr 20, 10:30 1
    - Excuse me? Have you not seen the copious number of rocket failures from the early days of the space race? -- nm - TWuG Apr 20, 10:36
That's just a couple of miles from Mexico. I assume the rockets are launched... south? -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 10:23 4
- They are launched over the Gulf. From Canaveral they are launched over the Atlantic or Caribbean. From Vandenberg - TWuG Apr 20, 10:27 3
  - True. The real reason the launch pad is so close to Mexico is in the event something goes wrong, everyone can get over the border quickly. -- nm - Mop Apr 20, 10:29 2
    - "OK, T-minus 20, that means they're not looking at the border - run, everyone!" -- nm - Space Coyote Apr 20, 10:38 1
      - (Hey, what's the canadian and american equivalent of "coyote", for each direction across the northern border?) -- nm - Beryllium Apr 20, 10:39
hmmm .. -- (link) - mud Apr 20, 10:23

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