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To: haqihana who wrote (711751)11/8/2005 11:42:41 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
"Some of those places you mentioned as launch sites, are farther from the equator, and some are closer."

Yep... fairly sure that Russia, China, Japan elected to keep launch facilities in their homelands for reasons of politics and security... while I believe that the E.U. may have gone to Venezuela at least partly for the fuel savings.