Sorry, but I only live here (on Earth);  I'm going to no other planet. So Earth was my best example. va is relative to the initial_speed vi  which for this example  is the earth's(_speed,  which could be anything (reasonable)). So if we are traveling  at the same speed  as the Earth  then that initial_speed vi=0  is zero  for at rest  wrt on Earth. I agree. I only used it (=Earth) as an (easy, simple) example  to "try" & get the message across.