serious question about the world

Ddaddy said

No rocket going into space leaves the ground at 25,000 mph.

Escape velocity is just the theoretical speed at which an object would need to instantaneously accelerate to in order to escape gravity without any additional energy. It is not the speed required to get into space.

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I did not say they did, it takes a speed of 25,000 Mph to escape the gravitational pull, not get into space. The shuttle, or any object in space, has to maintain a speed of around 17,500 Mph to reach equilibrium at the altitude it goes. Any faster and it flys further out, and slower and it starts falling. Go 25,000 and some change, and you're going bye bye....