Publisher : London, Sampson Low, Marston & Company., 1907. Title : From the Earth to the Moon, direct in 97 hours 20 minutes: and a trip round it. Ones launched, the rocket can be fired to gain additional speed.Author : Jules Verne. Translated from the French by Louis Mercier, and Eleanor E. During this launch, the rocket moves 3.5 km and reaches a speed of 7.0 km/s. In this modern version, called the SHARP (super High Altitude Research Project) gun, ignition of methane and air shoves a piston along the gun's tube, compressing hydrogen gas that that then launches a rocket. (a) In g units what is the average acceleration of the capsule and astronauts in the gun barrel? (b) Is that acceleration tolerable or deadly to the astronauts?Ī modern version of such gun-launched spacecraft (although without passengers ) has been proposed. According to Verne, the aluminum capsule containing the astronauts is accelerated by ignition of nitrocellulose to a speed of 11 km/s along the gun barrel's length of 220 m. In his 1865 science novel From the Earth to the moon, Jules Verne described how three astronauts are shot to the Moon by means of a huge gun. (c) In g units, what would be the average acceleration of the rocket within the launcher? (d) How much additional speed is needed (via the rocket engine) if the rocket is to orbit Earth at an altitude of 700 km ? Ones launched, the rocket can be fired to gain additional speed.

(a) In g units what is the average acceleration of the capsule and astronauts in the gun barrel? (b) Is that acceleration tolerable or deadly to the astronauts? A modern version of such gun - launched spacecraft (although without passengers ) has been proposed.

Jules verne from earth to moon