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Calculate the minimum amount of work needed to move a 500-kg rocket payload from Earth's surface to the ISS in orbit 400,000m above Earth's surface.

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Answer:

2.000.000.000

Step-by-step explanation:

Apply the formula:

Work = Force . Displacement

W = 500.10 . 400.000 (the 10 come from gravity)

W = 5000 . 400.000

W = 2.000.000.000 Joules

I think it is that, can be wrong.

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