As much as it has to do with all of the reasons stated before, it also has to do with orbital mechanics and the specific latitude of the Cape.<br /><br />The Moon orbits the Earth at an inclination of 28.58 degrees to Earth's equator. Incidentally this is also the latitude of the Cape which means that a mission can be launched to the Moon without an orbital plane change. A Moon shot can only occur when the Moon (or where the Moon will be in three days) is directly overhead of the launch site. Because the orbital incination of the Moon and the latitude of the Cape are the same, this means that a moon shot can occur once per sidereal month.<br /><br />BTW it is also possible for a Moon shot to be launched from above 28 degrees latitude, you just have to do an orbital plane change. This, however, burns a lot of fuel and will thus cost you payload. This is the main problem the Soviets had with Baikonur at 46 degrees latitude. On top of the fact that the N-1 rocket didn't have as much payload capacity as the Saturn V, it also had to spend precious fuel to do a plane change.<br /><br />As another side note, below 28 degrees latitude, you can also get two launch windows per sidereal month which get farther apart the closer you get to the equator. At an equitorial launch site like Kourou, the windows are about 14 days apart. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>