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Originally Posted by Sample00
ok, here's the stupid question of the day...
how do they make it happen that the rocket boosters fall back into the ocean and not on land somewhere?
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Because the shuttle launches from Florida, and heads east.
Keep in mind that when they launch it, the shuttle only goes up about 200-500 km. But they do need to get it moving 20,000 km/h eastward.