Early test flights for the space shuttle used a “glider”
Chapter 17, Problem 57P(choose chapter or problem)
(III) Early test flights for the space shuttle used a "glider" (mass of \(980 \mathrm{~kg}\) including pilot) that was launched horizontally at \(500 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}\) from a height of \(3500 \mathrm{~m}\). The glider eventually landed at a speed of \(200 \mathrm{~km} / \mathrm{h}\).
(a) What would its landing speed have been in the absence of air resistance?
(b) What was the average force of air resistance exerted on it if it came in at a constant glide of \(10^{\circ}\) to the Earth?
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