Why doesn't the math add up?
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About relativity to an object. 24k leaving earth becomes + earths speed through space, like the trow ball from train examples above. Adds both speeds. Read the great explanation above. OP got schooled with real physics.
Yeah that probably accounts a good amount of the difference. The article was also only 2 days after launch so it might not have been finished accelerating either.