Prior to the rocket reaching “escape velocity”, if no further motion is added, then the rocket would fall back to earth. “Escape velocity” is really another way of saying “quantity” turns into “quality” because it not only refers to the moment wherein the rocket’s velocity passes a certain speed, it also refers to the moment when water molecules reach the “escape velocity” of 212OF! In other words, the reason that quantity turns in quality in the material world is whenever the amount of motion contained in a system breaches the amount of pressure (gravity) holding that system in stability.
