It's Retrograde, thus you lose all of the Earth's rotational energy and have to make it up with more fuel...
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- MER-A launch postponed until tomorrow.
- Do the RUSSIANS have these kinds of delays, or can they not afford OVERTIME pay? ;-)
- You need a reality check
- Taxpayers pay for these delays, and future Mars missions suffer. Why not launch from elsewhere?
- And where would you suggest?
- South Texas, perhaps?
- South Texas?
- re: And where would you suggest?
- And where would you suggest?
- Taxpayers pay for these delays, and future Mars missions suffer. Why not launch from elsewhere?
- re: Do -40 to +40°
- You need a reality check
- Do the RUSSIANS have these kinds of delays, or can they not afford OVERTIME pay? ;-)