Naked Science Forum
Non Life Sciences => Physics, Astronomy & Cosmology => Topic started by: Des on 23/03/2010 22:30:02
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Des asked the Naked Scientists:
Hi, do space shuttles have speedometers that work in space? If so how do they gauge their speed?
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Dublin Bus Driver.
What do you think?
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I think that radar would be the simplest solution.
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There are several ways A variant of GPS is probably the most accurate. I say a variant because normal GPS does assume that you are reasonably close to the surface of the earth space shuttles do go a few hundred miles up and this may require more calculation.