Anything that's not supported and doesn't hit anything, and
doesn't have any air resistance, gains 9.8 m/s of downward
speed every second, on account of gravity. If it happens to
be moving up, then it loses 9.8 m/s of its upward speed every
second, on account of gravity.
(64.2 m/s) - [ (9.8 m/s² ) x (1.5 sec) ]
= (64.2 m/s) - [ 14.7 m/s ]
= 49.5 m/s . (upward)