Mechanical (sound) waves are unable to travel through a vacuum such as through space but radio waves are transmitted to earth from satellites. how is this possible

Aplayer uses a hockey stick to push a puck at a constant velocity across the ice. the weight of the puck is 170 n. the coefficient of friction is 0.0600. with what force must the player push the puck so that his force just equals the frictional force? 28.3 n 0.999 n 0.102 n 0.0104 n