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		sehugg on May 4, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why NASA's Next Mars Lander Will Launch from Calif... Definitely to the west ... those winds are killer: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id...

Avshalom on May 4, 2018 [–]

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.

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