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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

In the future due to climate change we need to time our launches into space in between hurricanes. Oh wait no that's the present.

[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago

Oh wait that's always been the case, but it is getting worse due to climate change. Florida weather has been a big downside of the Cape all the way back. Ctrl+F "hurricane":

https://sma.nasa.gov/SignificantIncidents/assets/space-shuttle-missions-summary.pdf