The Saturn V, developed at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Wernher Von Braun, was the largest in a family of liquid-propellant rockets that solved the problem of getting to the moon. A total of thirty-two (32) Saturns of all types were launched, not one failed. The three stage Saturn V was taller than a 36 story building and was the largest, most powerful rocket ever launched. Fully loaded with the Apollo spacecraft onboard, it had a mass of 6.8 million pounds. This was still no match; however, for the five powerful rockets that controlled the first stage with 33,560,000 newtons of thrust upwards. Using this information find the net acceleration (m/s2) of the Saturn V rocket. Assume that there is no change in mass,the rocket stays completely perpendicular, and there is no drag on the rocket. This takes place on planet earth with g=9.8 m/s^2.
The Saturn V, developed at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) under the direction of Wernher Von Braun, was the largest in a family of liquid-propellant rockets that solved the problem of getting to the moon. A total of thirty-two (32) Saturns of all types were launched, not one failed. The three stage Saturn V was taller than a 36 story building and was the largest, most powerful rocket ever launched. Fully loaded with the Apollo spacecraft onboard, it had a mass of 6.8 million pounds. This was still no match; however, for the five powerful rockets that controlled the first stage with 33,560,000 newtons of thrust upwards. Using this information find the net acceleration (m/s2) of the Saturn V rocket. Assume that there is no change in mass,the rocket stays completely perpendicular, and there is no drag on the rocket. This takes place on planet earth with g=9.8 m/s^2.
