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To: BenLurkin

Why secrecy?


2 posted on 12/08/2018 5:25:44 AM PST by Raycpa
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To: Raycpa

Why launch from Alaska? I thought launching closer to the equator takes advantage of a boost effect from the Earth’s rotation.

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/navigation/2-why-launch-from-equator.html


7 posted on 12/08/2018 6:14:34 AM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Raycpa

“Why secrecy?”

If your company was in the San Francisco Bay Area and it made rockets that could have applications to help the US military, you’d keep quiet too.


8 posted on 12/08/2018 6:30:04 AM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Raycpa
Why secrecy?

To get people to read the article.....A successful flight wouldn't even have made the news.

10 posted on 12/08/2018 6:47:16 AM PST by Hot Tabasco
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