Solved: Touchdown on the Moon. A lunar lander is making

Chapter 2, Problem 2.40

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Touchdown on the Moon. A lunar lander is making its descent to Moon Base I (Fig. E2.40). The lander descends slowly under the retrothrust of its descent engine. The engine is cut off when the lander is 5.0 m above the surface and has a downward speed of 0.8 m>s. With the engine off, 9.50 m>s > 18.0 m>s vx-t x = 0 20.0 m>s, 3.20 m>s2 . m>s2 321 km>h 19,300 km>h 1600 km>h the lander is in free fall. What is the speed of the lander just before it touches the surface? The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is

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