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A spacecraft consumes more fuel in going from earth to moon than it takes for a return trip. Comment on this statement.

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An unmanned satellite A and a spacecraft B are orbiting around the earth in the same circular orbit as shown. The spacecraft is ahead of the satellite by some time. Let us consider that some technical problem has arisen in the satellite and the astronaut from B has made it correct. For this to be done docking of two ( A and B ) is required (in layman terms connecting A and B ). To achieve this, the rockets of A have been fired in forward direction and docking takes place as shown in the figure below: Take mass of the earth =5.98xx10^(24)kg Radius of the earth =6400 km Orbital radius =9600km Mass of satellite A=320 kg Mass of spacecraft =3200 kg Assume that initially spacecraft B leads satellite A by 100s , i.e., A arrives at any particle position after 100 s of B’s arrival. Based on the above information answer the following questions. To dock A and B in the above-described situation, one can use the rocket system of either one, i.e., either of A or of B . To accomplish docking in the minimum possible time which is the best way?

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