Question

The shuttle Atlantis is taking off for another mission to the ISS. It has a mass of 1.20x105 Kg. If the shuttles upwards acceleration is 5.0 x 101 m/s2, calculate the lifting force of the shuttle.

Answer 1

Given data:

* The mass of the shuttle is,

`m=1.2*10^5\text{ kg}`

* The acceleration of the shuttle is,

`\begin{gathered} a=5*10^1ms^(-2) \\ a=50ms^(-2) \end{gathered}`

Solution:

According to newton's second law, the lifting force of the shuttle is,

`\begin{gathered} F=ma \\ F=1.2*10^5*50 \\ F=60*10^5\text{ N} \\ F=6000*10^3\text{ N} \\ F=6000\text{ kN} \end{gathered}`

Hence, the lifting force of the shuttle is 6000 kN.