If you were in a spacecraft moving at 1000 miles/hour in outer space and you turned off the engines, what would happen to the speed and direction of your spacecraft & why?

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If you were in a spacecraft moving at 1000 miles/hour in outer space and you turned off the engines, what would happen to the speed and direction of your spacecraft & why?

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Answer 1

Once you reach 1000mph you turn off the engine and its like you’re on a bike going downhill

Technically you’ll slowly slowly slowly slowly down as you hit small debris

But you only need massive fuel to get through earth’s atmosphere. Once you’re out into ‘open space’ you just coast your way to your destination