To: Deaf Smith
Well, the acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2
The radius of the earth, R = 6.4 × 106 m
The escape velocity of the earth, ve = √2 × 9.8 × 6.4 × 106
Therefore, ve = 11.2 × 103 m/s = 11.2 km/s
So escape velocity is around 11,200 m/s. or 36,745 fps
18 posted on
05/10/2022 7:46:12 PM PDT by
algore
To: algore
So this is similar to the solar panel scams for investors?
Take their money and run?
21 posted on
05/10/2022 7:56:18 PM PDT by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: algore
36,745 fps = 25,053.409 mph
They are not even close.
23 posted on
05/10/2022 8:01:44 PM PDT by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: algore
You don’t need escape velocity to go into orbit. You only need orbital velocity, around 18000 mph. But if you tried to accelerate something to that velocity on Earth’s surface, (a) it would burn up; (b) whatever didn’t burn up would not be moving at orbital velocity once it got to space.
26 posted on
05/10/2022 8:27:57 PM PDT by
Campion
(All we are saying is give peace a chance.)
To: algore
Dwight Gooden, eat your heart out!
35 posted on
05/11/2022 3:57:29 AM PDT by
Fester Chugabrew
("Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." -G.K. Chesterton)
To: algore
Thanks for the math. I have done poorly at it, but have enough furiosity to be dangerous. Would not the acceleration due to gravity decrease with height?
From online converter 36745Feet/second = 25053 Miles/hour!
36 posted on
05/11/2022 4:02:26 AM PDT by
Fester Chugabrew
("Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese." -G.K. Chesterton)
To: algore
Yeah, but can you thread a needle?
43 posted on
05/11/2022 4:50:12 AM PDT by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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