A rocket speeding by the Earth at 0.917c is known, when at rest, to be roughly cylindrical with a radius of 15 m and a length of 150 m. When speeding by, what is its volume, as measured by observers on Earth?
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b. 
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To determine boundary-layer characteristics on a body, we must first know the potential-flow solution. The information used from the potential-flow solution is:
(A) The lift and drag acting on the body (B) The pressure and velocity at the boundary of the body (C) The shearing stress acting on the boundary of the body (D) The normal and shearing stress acting on the boundary of the body
The flatness problem and horizon problem
a. are solved if there was a sudden inflation of the Universe at time before recombination occurred. b. show that the Universe can be described as static and unchanging. c. show that dark matter must be a small fraction of the total mass of the Universe. d. imply that the Universe was once much colder than it is now. e. imply that the inflationary theory is incorrect.
An astronaut falling into a black hole would see the universe
A) red-shifted. B) blue-shifted. C) with no shift at all.
The study of fossils is called
a. paleontology. b. biology. c. geology. d. history.