Sometime in 2024 the next crewed mission to the Moon is supposed to land. One of the activities that the Apollo astronauts in the early 1970s tried on the Moon was golf. Suppose the next crew brings a golf club and ball to the Moon and tries to play some golf. How far will a golf ball travel, ground to ground, on the Moon, if it is given an initial velocity of 20 meters/second, at an angle of 20 degrees above horizontal? g on the Moon is 1.6 m/sec2
Sometime in 2024 the next crewed mission to the Moon is supposed to land. One of...
On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball with a golf club improvised from a tool. The free-fall acceleration on the moon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose he hit the ball with a speed of 31 m/s at an angle 36 ∘ above the horizontal. Part A How long was the ball in flight? Express your answer with the appropriate units. How far did it travel? Express your answer with...
On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball with a golf club improvised from a tool. The free-fall acceleration on the moon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose he hit the ball with a speed of 29 m/s at an angle 22 ∘ above the horizontal. How long was the ball in flight? How far did it travel? Ignoring air resistance, how much farther would it travel on the moon than...
On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball with a golf club improvised from a tool. The free-fall acceleration on the moon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose he hit the ball with a speed of 25 m/s at an angle 36 ∘ above the horizontal. Part A How long was the ball in flight? Part B How far did it travel? Part C Ignoring air resistance, how much farther would...
Show your work to get partial credit (26 points each) On the Moon, the acceleration due to gravity is -1.6 m/s^2 and there it no atmospheric drag. During the Apollo 14 mission, Alan Shepherd hit a golf ball on the Moon. Assume he hit the ball at an angle of 40 degree with an Initial velocity of 30 m/s. a. Find the total time the ball was above the ground, Assume it landed at the same height as it was...
On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball with a 6 iron. The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose he hits the ball with a speed of 30 m/s at an angle 20 ∘ above the horizontal. A. How much farther did the ball travel on the moon than it would have on earth? Express your answer to two significant figures and include the...
In 1971 Alan Shepard and Ed Mitchell spent 33 hours on the Moon as crew members of Apollo 14. Shepard, one of the original Mercury astronauts, was 47 years old and is the oldest man to walk on the lunar surface. While on the Moon, Shepard hit two golf balls using an improvised golf club. After striking the second ball, Shepard said “miles and miles and miles”, a reference to the distance the ball travelled. Owing to the lack of...