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0 pointsweezin4y ago0 comments

Can't launch rockets from California. Splitting time between SpaceX and Tesla is a lot harder when its half way across the country.

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mabbo4y ago

I get your point, but:

> Can't launch rockets from California

Nearly all of SpaceX's polar orbit launches were/are from Vandenberg Air force base, just north west of Los Angeles.

weezinOP4y ago

Ahh interesting, I assumed since a lot of launch sites are over the ocean and east that it was a requirement.

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