NASA is launching a rocket into space from Earth. This particular rocket burns its fuel for 5 minutes and then turns off its engines. At this point, the rocket keeps floating along through space at a speed of 10 km/s. What is the rocket's average acceleration during these first 5 minutes?
NASA is launching a rocket into space from Earth. This particular rocket burns its fuel for 5 minutes and then turns off its engines. At this point, the rocket keeps floating along through space at a speed of 10 km/s. What is the rocket's average acceleration during these first 5 minutes?
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Physics Challenge Question 4: Traveling to the
Moon
Part 1:
NASA is launching a rocket into space
from Earth. This particular rocket
burns its fuel for 5 minutes and then
turns off its engines. At this point,
the rocket keeps floating along
through space at a speed of 10 km/s.
the rocket's average
What
is
acceleration during these first 5
minutes?
Part 2:
How far did the rocket travel during
the first 5 minutes?
Part 3:
The Moon is approximately 3.8:105 km from Earth.
At its final speed, how long will it take the rocket to reach the Moon?
Part 4:
The star nearest to us, called Alpha Centauri, is 4.1-1013 km away.
Could this rocket get a man to Alpha Centauri before he dies of old age? (This
is a real obstacle to NASA's plans of exploring other solar systems than our
own!)
Part 5:
The rocket is half way to the Moon when its pilot suddenly notices he forgot
his camera! He radios a second rocket crew on Earth and tells them to bring
when he lands. Unfortunately,
his camera
meet him
second rocket can only accelerate at 3 m/s?.
Can this second rocket make it to the Moon before the first one lands?
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