The lunar roving vehicle in NASA’s late Apollo mission reached an unofficial lunar landing speed of 5.00 m/s. Suppose, while traveling at that speed, it hit a bump that launched it at an angle of 22.4 degrees above horizontal lunar surface. a. How long, in seconds, would the vehicle be off the ground? The acceleration of gravity in the moon has a value of 1.62 m/s2.

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The lunar roving vehicle in NASA’s late Apollo mission reached an unofficial lunar landing speed of 5.00 m/s. Suppose, while traveling at that speed, it hit a bump that launched it at an angle of 22.4 degrees above horizontal lunar surface. a. How long, in seconds, would the vehicle be off the ground? The acceleration of gravity in the moon has a value of 1.62 m/s2.
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Initial speed of the lander, 

Launch angle, 

Acceleration due to gravity, 

 

The time of flight for the projectile motion is given by the expression

 

 

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