Cosmic SurferIn order to escape earths atmosphere, you need to be traveling at 4. 9 miles per second, or 17,600 miles per hour. That takes a lot of energy. But after youre past it? You can go all the way to Pluto with a few tiny little pushes. With any worthwhile endeavor, most people never make it past the hard part. And they give up too soon because they think its always going to be that way. The truth is, once you put in the effort to get past the overwhelming