Re: An opportunity for VMS

In article <1153835901.961688.192990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"AEF" <spamsink2001@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
In article <1153831177.496875.60510@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"AEF" <spamsink2001@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Bill Gunshannon wrote:
In article <1153829805.302969.109720@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"AEF" <spamsink2001@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Bill Gunshannon wrote:
In article <ea4gim$eai$01$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer@xxxxxx> writes:

And exactly how would that help to cure the reason for the power outages ?
Stop wasting energy and/or put solar panels on every roof top.
California is supposed to be the "sunshine state", isn't it ?


California has a HUGE range of weather that varies greatly with
location. Don't like the weather? Move 30 miles. From snow in the north
to Death Valley in the south. OK, not too many tornados!


Not even close. Florida is "The Sunshine State". That's clean on the
other side of the country. California is "The Golden State". Although
I have to admit when I used to have to travel there on business a lot it
was more like horse**** than gold.


Speaking of FL, it should be called "The Lightning State".

Google LIGHTNING FREQUENCY MAP

and the first hit will be

http://www.lightningsafety.noaa.gov/lightning_map.htm


... Check it out ...

I can't speak for others, but personally, I have even less interest in
Florida than I do in California.
What are Florida's two biggest imports? Old people and Cubans.

It's a good place to launch rockets into space from. The reason is that
the tangential speed of the Earth due to its rotation gets higher as
you approach the Equator. And this extra speed saves you fuel compared
to more northern locations.


Making southern Texas up to 2 degrees of latitude better. And whole
bunches of places outside the US even better. So, what was it about
Florida that makes this valuable?

I said it was a good place, not the best. There are other
considerations. The earth rotates to the east, so most rockets are
launched eastward, and that gives you the entire Atlantic Ocean if the
rocket has a problem and crashes.

Florida has The Bahamas right in the line of fire but we haven't hit
them yet. :-) Texas has quite a bit more water before you get to any
islands and then it's just Cuba. :-)

There are probably other
considerations. Also, FL is part of the 48 contiguous states and parts
can be shipped by land.

Last time I heard, so was Texas. :-)

Outside the US? Are you saying we should lease
land in another country for a space center?

Why not? Where does the ESA do their launching from? Not Darmstadt.

Or we could just (finally) let the business that paid for licenses do it
and stop wasting taxpayer money.

bill

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  • Re: An opportunity for VMS
    ... Bill Gunshannon wrote: ... And exactly how would that help to cure the reason for the power outages? ... Florida is "The Sunshine State". ... Making southern Texas up to 2 degrees of latitude better. ...
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    ... Bill Gunshannon wrote: ... Florida is "The Sunshine State". ... It's a good place to launch rockets into space from. ... you approach the Equator. ...
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    ... Bill Gunshannon wrote: ... And exactly how would that help to cure the reason for the power outages? ... California is supposed to be the "sunshine state", ...
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  • Re: An opportunity for VMS
    ... Bill Gunshannon wrote: ... Florida is "The Sunshine State". ... It's a good place to launch rockets into space from. ... you approach the Equator. ...
    (comp.os.vms)