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    How Long to Accelerate a Projectile to Orbital Speed?

    Scientists are experimenting with a kind of gun that may eventually be used to fire payloads directly into orbit. In one test, this gun accelerates a 5.0 kg projectile from rest to a speed of 4.29 km s-1. The net force accelerating the projectile is 0.47 MN. How much time is required for the...
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