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An astronaut carrying a camera in space finds herselfdrifting away from a space shuttle after her tetherbecomes unfastened. If she has no propulsion device,what should she do to move back to the shuttle?

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According to the conservation of momentum, if she throws the camera in the opposite direction of space shuttle, she drifts towards the shuttle.

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