From: jeroen@nospam.please   
      
   On 11/18/25 11:30, Jan Panteltje wrote:   
      
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   > The all knowing duckduck.go finds:   
   >   The escape speed from Earth is approximately 11.186 kilometers per second   
   (about 25,000 miles per hour).   
   >   This is the minimum speed needed for an object to break free from Earth's   
   gravitational pull without any additional propulsion.   
      
   Off by an order of magnitude! Two hunderd and fifty thousand miles   
   per hour.   
      
   Jeroen Belleman   
      
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