Subject: spaceship accelearation eventual velocity
Date: Thu Apr 26 12:59:22 2012
Posted by Theodore
Grade level: nonaligned
School: hard knocks
City: Flagstaff State/Province: AZ
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1335470362.Ph
Message:
I have a story in mind that involves a low acceleration space ship. If a ship
could take off from earth and maintain a steady acceleration of 1.5 G, how
long would it take to achieve a 250 mile high orbit? Sadly my math is not
good. What formula would be used to calculate this? Thanks
Re: spaceship accelearation eventual velocity
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