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If photons have momentum, then why don't we make a spacecraft that uses it to move? (not solar sail)

Think of it like a giant space flashlight and not a solar sail. Would it work? Would it be efficient?

Posted 3+ months ago | 0 answers | | Open

Related topics: space, sail, solar, flashlight, momentum, astronomy

Why cant people kick off of a wall to stop the downwards momentum while falling so they dont die?

If they are falling parralel to a wall why can't they just kick off of it near the bottom so they stop falling at a speed great enough to kill ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: speed, kill, wall, people, great, kick, near, falling, bottom, momentum

A starionary body acquires a velocity of 20 m/s after a force of 100N acts on it for 5s?

Find the mass and the momentum of that body at 5 s. (note: extract data from the question and provide your answers in S.I units) (I want full ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 0 answers | | Open

Related topics: full, force, body, note, act, question, answer, velocity, data, momentum

3) A Boeing 747 jumbo jet has a length of 59.7m. The runway on which the plane lands intersects ano?

3) A Boeing 747 jumbo jet has a length of 59.7m. The runway on which the plane lands intersects another runway. The width of the intersection in 25m. ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 0 answers | | Open

Related topics: physics, momentum, university

1) A kite, with a mass of 0.548kg, is hovering over the ground at the end of a straight 50m line.?

... The tension in the line has a magnitude of 16N. Wind blowing on the kite exerts a force of 19N at 56° above the horizontal. Be aware that ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 0 answers | | Open

Related topics: force, tension, science, physics, university, momentum

If you jump from a falling plane just feet from impact, would it improve your chance of survival?

If I was on a plane about to crash, would I be able to get enough upwards momentum jumping from the plane to cancel the downward force and ultimately ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 2 answers | | Open

Related topics: jump, jumping, crash, plane, feet, force, chance, falling, survival, upward, momentum

Whats the momentum of the following 84 kg mass moving at 22 m/s?

Posted 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: moving, momentum

How momentum is conserved when mud thrown on a wall sticks to it?

Posted 3+ months ago | 1 answers | | Open

Related topics: wall, mud, stick, momentum

Problem of physics?

two bodies of different masses move such that they have equal kinetic energies. Which of the bodies, lighter or heavier one, will have more momentum? ...

Posted 3+ months ago | 2 answers | 1 star | Open

Related topics: lighter, different, physics, bodie, problem, energie, equal, momentum

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