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Strange Universe With Bob Berman

Strange Universe 8/29/21

Photo of Rocket Launch
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Photo of Rocket Launch

Can you get out of here? That is the question pondered for centuries: how to permanently leave Earth. This week, we discuss escape velocity, the minimum speed that an object needs to be traveling to break free of gravitational influence.