9.2 Space

weight

gravitational potential energy

escape velocity

effect of earth's orbital motion on the launch of a rocket

effects of large g forces on astronauts

factors helping astronauts survive large g forces

UCM for satellites orbiting earth

low earth orbit advantages

low earth orbit disadvantages

geostationary orbits advantages

geostationary orbits disadvantages

orbital velocity

Kepler's third law of periods

orbital decay

issues associated with re-entry

optimum angle for safe re-entry + consequences of too big/small

the slingshot effect

features of the aether model of light

Michelson-Morley experiment

inertial frame of reference

non-inertial frame of reference

principle of relativity

Einstein's thought experiment

1 metre

relativity of simultaneity

equivalence between mass and energy

length contraction

time dilation

mass dilation

implications of special relativity for space travel

theory + evidence supporting relativity