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This is actually a straightforward question to answer, I think: By conservation of momentum, the center of gravity of the entire ISS + astronaut system needs t
by nialo 12y ago
This is actually a straightforward question to answer, I think:
By conservation of momentum, the center of gravity of the entire ISS + astronaut system needs to stay on the same path before and after your wall bounce. So, the momentum change for the ISS is equal in magnitude but opposite in direction to the momentum change for the astronaut, and the velocity change will be the velocity change for the astronaut times astronaut mass/ISS mass
Getting actual numbers to plug in left as an exercise for the reader.
- Thrymr 12y agoThat doesn't tell you whether you will start the station oscillating in some mode of vibration. For that you'd need a model of the stiffness and structure of the station.