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Avshalom
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Why NASA's Next Mars Lander Will Launch from Calif...
Not Tuscon but just west of White Sands Test Range (hence the Virgin Galactic spaceport) having the advantage of White Sands' unlimited restricted airspace to keep launches clean.
sehugg
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Definitely to the west ... those winds are killer:
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id...
Avshalom
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You launch eastwards anyway. With WSMTR to your east you get the advantage of clean air to a degree that even Canaveral can't guarantee.
MPSimmons
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They actually do have to clear all launches with White Sands, though. I mean... not that they have many launches from there (yet?)
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