how Astronaut landings can be calculated

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How Do NASA and other organisations make sure they are at the right spot to pick them up and that the astronauts don’t land in some war zone or remote hard to reach area?

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Answer: The earth is 70% water. NASA sends most it rockets from Florida because most of the debris will land in the Atlantic Ocean when leaving orbit. And on the way back they land in the pacific because it’s the largest ocean. They literally just aim for (as Neil degrasse Tyson puts it) “the big toilet bowl of the world.”

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They use math. If you are entering the atmosphere at a given time at a given speed at a given angle, then they can predict (within a margin of error) where you are going to land.

Anonymous 0 Comments

They use math. If you are entering the atmosphere at a given time at a given speed at a given angle, then they can predict (within a margin of error) where you are going to land.

Anonymous 0 Comments

They use math. If you are entering the atmosphere at a given time at a given speed at a given angle, then they can predict (within a margin of error) where you are going to land.