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(b) Calculate the minimum amount of additional work required to move the space craft from low earth orbit to a very great distance from the earth. Ignore the gravitational effects of the sun, the moon, and the other planets.
(c) Justify the statement "In terms of energy, low earth orbit is halfway to the edge of the universe.
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