On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hit a golf ball with a golf club improvised from a tool. Th
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 6:30 am
On the Apollo 14 mission to the moon, astronaut Alan Shepard hita golf ball with a golf club improvised from a tool. The free-fallacceleration on the moon is 1/6 of its value on earth. Suppose hehit the ball with a speed of 33 m/s at an angle 22 ∘ above thehorizontal. How long was the ball in flight? How far did it travel?Ignoring air resistance, how much farther would it travel on themoon than on earth?