A small spaceship whose mass is 1700 kg (including an astronaut) is drifting in outer space with negligible gravitational forces acting on it. If the astronaut turns on a 11 kW laser beam, what speed will the ship attain in 5.0 days because of the momentum carried away by the beam?

A small spaceship whose mass is 1700 kg (including an astronaut) is drifting in outer space with negligible gravitational forces acting on it. If the astronaut turns on a 11 kW laser beam, what speed will the ship attain in 5.0 days because of the momentum carried away by the beam?

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