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Nasa: The Rocket Motor eBookNasa: The Rocket Motor eBook
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Nasa: The Rocket Motor

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An online version of a book pertaining to task of launching rockets into space and subsequently navigating them through space. The first several "chapters" (pages) describe the influence of gravity on Earth and the barriers which it presents to launching satellites and spaceships.

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force, force of gravity, gravitation, gravity, inverse square law, space, space travel

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escape, escape speed, escape velocity, fundamental, fundamental force, gravitational, inverse square, satellite orbit, universal, universal gravitation, earth, gravitational fields, satellites in orbit
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Resource Details

Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
eBooks
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
0L

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