("Dean A. Scott" wrote)
Here's a wacky scenario... why can you fire a gun on the equator
in the direction of the setting sun? I mean, the Earth spins at
the equator at around 1,000 miles per hour (24,000 mile circum-
ference divided by 24 hr rotation), so why does the bullet exit
the barrel at the same velocity no matter what direction you
point it in? Hmmm. :-)


Don't have an answer ...but pointy bullet shaped things + the equator = this
link.

http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/vss/docs/Navigation/2-why-launch-from-equator.html
"Why is it better to launch a spaceship from near the equator?"


Montblack