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You must work out some way to have a net external force exerted on your ship.
-- If you're close enough to the sun or another star, then you can put up a big sail,
and take advantage of all the electromagnetic radiation or stellar wind it catches.
-- Otherwise, you must eject mass in the direction opposite from the way you want
to accelerate. You can do that by burning rocket fuel and ejecting the hot gases, by
electrically accelerating ions and letting them shoot out the back, by firing bullets
out the back, by spitting, etc.
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Are Rockets able to accelerate in space?
Yes, that is why they are used in space.
Can rockets accelerate in space?
Yes, rockets can accelerate in space. When the exhaust accelerates away in one direction, the rocket accelerates away in the other, as any reaction is balanced by an equal and opposite reaction.
How spacecraft accelerate in the space?
Spacecraft make use of jet propulsion.
Why is a rocket eawier to accelerate as it travels through space?
much less air resistance.
What is needed to launch anything into space?
Energy enough to accelerate the object to an orbital velocity.
Fleas accelerate 50 times faster than?
The answer is a space-shuttle. So cool, right!
Why does it require much less force to accelerate a low mass object than it does to accelerate a high mass object the same amount?
a sponge will have more matter packed in the same space
A net force greater than zero will cause an object to?
... to accelerate.... to accelerate.... to accelerate.... to accelerate.
What is the affect that occurs as a space shuttle orbits the Earth the shuttle and the astronauts accelerate towards the Earth with the same acceleration?
Weightlessness
As the space shuttle orbits the Earth the shuttle and the astronauts accelerate towards the Earth with the same acceleration What effect does this create?
Weightlessness
What As the space shuttle orbits the earth the shuttle and the astronauts accelerate towards the earth with the same acceleration what effect does this create?
Weightlessness
If the net force on an object is zero?
... then it won't accelerate.... then it won't accelerate.... then it won't accelerate.... then it won't accelerate.
