More Shuttle Trivia At Florida's Kennedy Space Center, where he and Nell Boyce are awaiting the shuttle launch/not launch, David Kestenbaum commented on the heat. "Doesn't NASA have air conditioning?" I asked. "Well, yes, but outside... Why do they have to launch it from Florida," he complained. Then he answered his own question. "Because when you get close to the equator, you get a big boost from the rotation of the Earth." The things I don't know...

More Shuttle Trivia

July 3, 20065:10 PM ET

Vicky O'Hara

At Florida's Kennedy Space Center, where he and Nell Boyce are awaiting the shuttle launch/not launch, David Kestenbaum commented on the heat. "Doesn't NASA have air conditioning?" I asked. "Well, yes, but outside... Why do they have to launch it from Florida," he complained. Then he answered his own question. "Because when you get close to the equator, you get a big boost from the rotation of the Earth." The things I don't know...