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Hope that frog wasn't one in special need.
OK, game idea for someone: Space Frogger. Mr Toad tries to dodge orbital debris & marauding aliens on his way to Venus.
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Why not? The latest statistics I could find say that about 22 launches per year happen there. At each launch pad there are probably only a fraction of those. But even if the disturbance is approximately 2 minutes long (a slowly rising rocket), that's less than 1 hour per year. I find it hard to believe that wildlife cannot cope with that.
My understanding is that the noise from a rocket launch is so loud, even 10 miles away, that you have to shout over it to be heard. One mile from the launchpad, it's loud enough to damage your ears. Wallops Island is 6 square miles.
Most launches from Wallops are sounding rockets, which are much smaller than the Minotaur. Which is itself much smaller than the Space Shuttle was.
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I remember reading that launch sites are often nature reserves because they're launch sites. An exclusion zone enforced by armed guards does wonders for biodiversity. The artillery training ranges I grew up near to were similarly lush.
True, oddly enough. As is, famously, the demilitarized zone in Korea.
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I remember reading that launch sites are often nature reserves because they're launch sites. An exclusion zone enforced by armed guards does wonders for biodiversity. The artillery training ranges I grew up near to were similarly lush.
True, oddly enough. As is, famously, the demilitarized zone in Korea.
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My understanding is that the noise from a rocket launch is so loud, even 10 miles away, that you have to shout over it to be heard. One mile from the launchpad, it's loud enough to damage your ears. Wallops Island is 6 square miles.
Your understanding is not accurate; I was 5 miles away from this launch and the low rumble was not loud enough to drown normal talking. Most launches from Wallops are sounding rockets, which are much smaller than the Minotaur. Which is itself much smaller than the Space Shuttle was.