Imagine a person floating in space(vacuum). If he fires a rocket launcher in space, both the rocket and the man will move in opposite direction with a certain velocity. However, will the man and the rocket travel in space forever?
2007-10-03 21:03:22 · 7 answers · asked by ninjatortise 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
No, because no matter where you are in space there is some gravitational pull from objects. They would eventually hit something. Even if that something is dust. If there happened to be a combination of gravitational pulls on it he could float around for a long time, but highly unlikely. He would eventually stop due to friction from space dust.
2007-10-03 21:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by MrSandman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dangerous as it may be, it is possible for man and the travel to float endlessly in space, but they both run the risk of being hit with a meteor.
2007-10-03 21:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by itonosato@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and no........Newtons first law suggests that both objects will continue moving forever.....But the universe is not entirely vacuum, and there are bodies with mass, which will eventually slow down their motion. Then again....explosions dont occur in the vaccum of space for the launcher to fire in the first place
2007-10-03 21:07:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only thing that will stop either is if they enter the gravitational field of a large body. It will collide with that body. However, that body is still traveling in space, so it is still traveling in space along with the large body. In fact, everything is traveling in space forever.
2007-10-03 21:09:18 · answer #4 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it even possible to fire a rocket launcher in space? I thought explosions couldn't happen up there? lol
2007-10-03 21:11:29 · answer #5 · answered by danguy01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-14 07:11:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is the first principle in Physics.
All objects in uniform motion will continue to be in its state of uniform motion till a force acts on it.
2007-10-03 21:27:05 · answer #7 · answered by Pearlsawme 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋