An engineer at NASA decides to save money on fuel by launching satellites from a very tall mountain, (a) Calculate the escape velocity for a satellite launched from an altitude of 8000 m above sea level (a mountain comparable to Mount Everest), (b) If the amount of fuel required is proportional to the initial kinetic energy, by what fraction is the fuel load reduced?
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