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Conservation Of Momentum In Space Station Report

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CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM IN SPACE STATION2INTRODUCTIONA space station is a big satellite that is intended to be occupied by astronauts for long periods of time and serve as the base for manning scientific operations in space. The environmental conditions in space stations are different from the normal atmospheric conditions on earth. The international space station has zero gravity and handholds are used by the astronauts to facilitate movement[ CITATION Bet17 \l 1033 ]. This paper illustrates the approaches an astronaut can take to get moving in case they cannot access handholds. Furthermore, this paper uses the principle of conservation of to evaluate how each of the approaches will work putting considerations to the principle of conservation of momentum. The astronaut should always have a clear understanding of how motion takes place in an international space station to avoid mistakes that may be fatal to the whole mission.The principle of conversation of momentum can be stated as; the total momentum of two bodies before the collision is the same as the total momentum of the two bodies after collision provided the collision takes place in an isolated system[ CITATION Gri141 \l 1033 ]. The international space station is an isolated system hence the overall momentum in it remains constant always. Momentum is a product of mass and velocity which is a vector quantity thus momentum is also a vector quantity. This principle plays a critical role in relation to motion in the space station.To begin with, the first approach the astronaut can take to get moving again in the case oflosing handholds is by “swimming”. However, the buoyancy in the zero-gravity space is less compared to water[ CITATION Kol15 \l 1033 ]. Due to the frictionless issue stopping will be difficult
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