Rookie astronauts learn Newton s laws
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2004
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Francis, Paul
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Institute of Physics Publishing
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My students get very confused about the motions
of objects in space. I blame Hollywood. Movies like
Star Warsshow spacecraft with wings banking and
turning just like aeroplanes, and asteroid films like
Armageddon tell us that any asteroid that ‘leaves its
orbit’ is dangerously unstable and sure to hit the
Earth. This is a shame, as motions in space are a
clean illustration of Newton’s laws in action.
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Physics Education
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