The star of a distant solar system explodes as a supernova. At the moment of the explosion, an resting exploration spaceship is 15 AU away from the shock wave. The shock wave of the explosion travels with 25000 km/s towards the spaceship. To save the crew, the spacecra makes use of a special booster that uniformly accelerates at 150 m/s2 in the opposite direction. Determine if the crew manages to escape from the shock wave. (Neglect relativistic eects.)

The star of a distant solar system explodes as a supernova. At the moment of the explosion, an resting exploration spaceship is 15 AU away from the shock wave. The shock wave of the explosion travels with 25000 km/s towards the spaceship. To save the crew, the spacecra makes use of a special booster that uniformly accelerates at 150 m/s2 in the opposite direction. Determine if the crew manages to escape from the shock wave. (Neglect relativistic eects.)

Physics for Scientists and Engineers: Foundations and Connections

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Author:Katz, Debora M.

Publisher:Katz, Debora M.

Chapter39: Relativity

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