The Exploration of SpaceHarper, 1951 - 199 pagini |
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... Earth we may wish it had a much smaller value . Of all natural forces , gravity is the most universal and it domi- nates any discussion of space - flight . Here on the Earth's surface we can never escape from its influence , and its ...
... Earth we may wish it had a much smaller value . Of all natural forces , gravity is the most universal and it domi- nates any discussion of space - flight . Here on the Earth's surface we can never escape from its influence , and its ...
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... Earth to a point so distant that gravity is negligible , one obtains a surprisingly simple result . The work involved is exactly the same as that needed to climb vertically through a distance equal to the radius of the Earth- say 4,000 ...
... Earth to a point so distant that gravity is negligible , one obtains a surprisingly simple result . The work involved is exactly the same as that needed to climb vertically through a distance equal to the radius of the Earth- say 4,000 ...
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... Earth so that it would neither rise nor set . An object at a greater distance would move more slowly than the Earth on its axis and so would rise in the east and set in the west , as do all the celestial bodies . Inside this limit of ...
... Earth so that it would neither rise nor set . An object at a greater distance would move more slowly than the Earth on its axis and so would rise in the east and set in the west , as do all the celestial bodies . Inside this limit of ...
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