All Questions
Tagged with accelerationmission-design
3 questions
14votes
3answers
4kviews
Why did the space shuttle's altitude go down after reaching 108,000m?
I recently took a look at this little data sheet by NASA: Math and Science @ Work; Space Shuttle Ascent Time Altitude Velocity Acceleration Comment (s) (m) (m/s) (m/s^2) 20 1244 139 18.62 40 5377 298 ...
- 163
1vote
2answers
287views
Average acceleration of a rocket given average mass and thrust
If we assume that a small scale rocket is launched perpendicularly to the ground and ignore the drag, how can I calculate the average acceleration given that I know the burn time, the average thrust, ...
- 65
0votes
2answers
779views
Average acceleration of a rocket
Given a rocket has a minimum acceleration with full tanks of say 1 g and a max acceleration with empty tanks of 3g, what's the average acceleration? Is it just 2
- 113
