What is the escape acceleration of a rocket required to escape the gravity of the Earth?

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What is the escape acceleration of a rocket required to escape the gravity of the Earth?

2007-03-10 05:05:18 · 4 answers · asked by goring 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space

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11.2 km/s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_velocity

2007-03-10 05:13:56 · answer #1 · answered by Zefram 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

When I watched a launch of the space shuttle on television, it got faster the further that it went along. Eventually, it was going faster than 20,000 mph.

2007-03-10 13:11:14 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

it depends on the weight of the rocket.
the force of the acceleration of gravity on earth is 9.8 m/s/s (meters per second per second) so it would need to escape that.

2007-03-10 13:09:11 · answer #3 · answered by gameboy937 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋

17,000 mph

2007-03-10 13:07:57 · answer #4 · answered by McQ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋