The Earth produces an inwardly directed electric field of magnitude 150V/m near its surface. (a) What is the potential of the Earth's surface relative to V=0 at r=[infinity]? (b) If the potential of the Earth is chosen to be zero, what is the potential at infinity? (Ignore the fact that positive charge in the ionosphere approximately cancels the Earth's net charge; how would this affect your answer?)

What is the equation for electrical work?

One hazard of space travel is debris left by previous missions. there are several thousand masses large enough to detect by radar orbiting the earth, but there are far greater numbers of very small masses such as flakes of paint. calculate the force exerted by a 0.110 mg chip of paint that strikes a space shuttle window at a relative speed of 5.00 ✕ 103 m/s and sticks, given the collision lasts 6.00 ✕ 10-8 s. such a collision chipped the window of the ill-fated challenger in june 1983, causing $50,000 of damage.

What was the purpose of the apollo program? to put a man in orbit to launch a spy satellite to launch a space station to put man on the moon