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Is it possible to have many rubber bouncing balls (7?) and send it into orbit?
Bright Wang said:Is it possible to have many rubber bouncing balls (7?) and send it into orbit?
Since your physics teacher is not here to defend him/herself, I will take that with a grain of salt. It should be easy to see, from conservation of energy, that no matter how many balls you drop, or in what configuration, they cannot bounce any higher than their initial height.Bright Wang said:lol hmm I heard it from my physics teacher... and he says 7 should do it...
Hint: what does conservation of energy say if not all of the balls bounce back up?HallsofIvy said:Since your physics teacher is not here to defend him/herself, I will take that with a grain of salt. It should be easy to see, from conservation of energy, that no matter how many balls you drop, or in what configuration, they cannot bounce any higher than their initial height.
Yeah, this is an odd thing to say. The whole point of the device is to concentrate the potential energy from the first 6 balls into the 7th. 6 stay on the ground but the 7th sure can go a lot higher than where you dropped it from!HallsofIvy said:It should be easy to see, from conservation of energy, that no matter how many balls you drop, or in what configuration, they cannot bounce any higher than their initial height.
This is misleading. No single ball takes a hit of 17,500mph.pallidin said:7 will not do it, or 12, or 127, or whatever number of stages.
What material can withstand a shock wave of 17,500mph?
DaveC426913 said:This is misleading. No single ball takes a hit of 17,500mph.
The purpose of this experiment is to study the behavior of rubber bouncing balls in a microgravity environment, specifically in orbit around the Earth. This can provide insight into the physics of bouncing objects and how they react in a zero-gravity environment.
The rubber bouncing balls were launched into orbit using a rocket or spacecraft. Once in orbit, they are able to float and bounce freely without the effects of gravity due to the microgravity environment.
This experiment can help scientists better understand how objects behave in a zero-gravity environment, which can have applications in space exploration and technology. It can also provide insights into the behavior of materials and how they may behave in different environments.
The data being collected includes observations of the bouncing behavior of the rubber balls, as well as measurements of their height, velocity, and trajectory. This data can be used to analyze the effects of a microgravity environment on bouncing objects.
Yes, the results of this experiment can be applied to other objects or materials that may behave similarly in a zero-gravity environment. This can have implications for future space missions and technology development.