Rescuing Apollo 13
Back in the 1970s, Apollo's 13 crew aborted their lunar landing due to a explosion in one of the oxygen tanks. Using the following data, our task is to... rescue the astronauts!
| Description | Value |
|---|---|
| Earth's mass | $5.97 \times 10^{24} \; kg$ |
| Earth's radius | $6.378 \times 10^{6} \; m$ |
| Universal Gravitational Constant | $6.67 \times 10^{-11} \; m^3/(kg \cdot s^2)$ | more ...