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Space Velocity Lab
In this lab, the purpose is to land a spacecraft on the surface of the asteroid at a speed less than 2 meters per second. However, the asteroid is rotating slowly and only one side is suitable for landing that faces the spacecraft every 20 seconds. At the moment, the spacecraft is traveling at a velocity of -10 meter per second that is 1000 meters away from the the asteroid, so the spacecraft needs to be able to have perfect timing in order to land. Because velocity is change in distance over time, a position time graph would easily plan and show the route for the spacecraft. The position would represent the the distance from the asteroid, which should be 0 meters at the end to show the spacecraft landed, while the time would represent the amount of seconds it would take for the spacecraft to land. As a result, the graph should be negative since as time increases, the position decreases.

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It keeps going at that velocity for 40 seconds straight until the spacecraft starts going at 5 m/s in order to not sharply decrease the velocity. While the spacecraft is traveling at the new velocity, it changes once last time to 2 m/s. The spacecraft continues to travel at 2m/s until the position equals 0 meters, making the time 280

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