Physics, 20.11.2021 04:30 richiearieona1012

Suppose you wish to shoot supplies straight up to astronauts in an orbit 36,000 km above the surface of the Earth.

(a) At what velocity must the supplies be launched?

(b) What is unreasonable about this velocity?

(c) Is there a problem with the relative velocity between the supplies and the astronauts
when the supplies reach their maximum height?

(d) Is the premise unreasonable or is the available equation inapplicable? Explain your
answer.

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