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	+ NASA Home + NASA Education Home		+ NASA Home > For Students > NASA Brain Bites Home Print This Email This Why Does NASA Launch From Florida? If you want to launch a bobsled, you should probably head for the poles. If launching spaceships is your game, we think you’ll like the equator much better…and not because of the warm weather. Silver Medalist Todd Hays of the U.S. Bobsled Team explains. +Quicktime Open Captioned +Quicktime Media high +Quicktime Media low +Windows Media high +Windows Media low Video Intended for Classroom Use Only
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