Consider the plight of an astronaut floating in free space with only a 10-W lantern (inexhaustibly supplied

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Consider the plight of an astronaut floating in free space with only a 10-W lantern (inexhaustibly supplied with power). How long will it take to reach a speed of 10 m/s using the radiation as propulsion? The astronaut’s total mass is 100 kg.

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Optics

ISBN: 978-0133977226

5th edition

Authors: Eugene Hecht

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