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A rocket is launched vertically from just outside the earth's atmosphere (so there's no air resistance). What should it's initial velocity by so that it goes up by $R ~=~6.37\times 10^{6}m$, from the earth's surface? Compute your answer in terms of the escape velocity.



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Joshua Deutsch 2003-03-05