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Primary Level: Undergraduate

Going into Orbit - Launching the Shuttle (ILAP)

Author: John L. Scharf and Frank Hughes


Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION

PART I: ESCAPE VELOCITY

PART II: ORBITAL VELOCITY

PART III: LET'S GET REAL

APPENDIX

SAMPLE SOLUTIONS

NOTES FOR THE INSTRUCTOR

©1998 by COMAP, Inc.
Interdisciplinary Lively Applications Project
27 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Differential Equations

Application Areas:

Engineering & Construction , Physical Sciences , Aerospace Engineering

Prerequisites:

Modeling with Differential Equations
Differential Calculus

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