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SpaceX launches Europe’s Hera asteroid mission ahead of Hurricane Milton (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week 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