12. What speed would you need to launch from Jupiter? (A K2S Question)

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If you could launch a spacecraft from Jupiter, the speed necessary to escape local gravity (escape velocity) would have to be over five times faster than the speed necessary to escape Earth's gravity.

Answer provided by Laura Peckyno & Robert Peckyno


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