Manipulating Equations

First Moon Landing 1969 Apollo 11 was the spaceflight which landed the first humans, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr, on Earth's Moon on July 20, The United States mission is considered the major accomplishment in the history of space exploration. Launched from the Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 in Merritt Island, Florida on July 16, Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission, and the third lunar mission, of NASA's Apollo program. The crew consisted of Armstrong as Commander and Aldrin as Lunar Module Pilot, with Command Module Pilot Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin landed in the Sea of Tranquillity and became the first humans to walk on the Moon on July 21.

Would you have taken the risk? What risks do you think Neil and “Buzz” had to consider when they were selected for the mission? If you were selected to become the first person to walk on the moon, would you have relied on the equations that scientists manipulated to determine that landing on the moon could be possible? Why do you think they had to rely on equations?

So why did they have to rely on equations? Since Apollo 11 was the first time landing on the moon was ever attempted, the success or failure of the mission depended on the manipulation of equations and not any past trials or evidence. Let’s practice manipulating some equations of our own…

Set-Up Your Paper Like Below Speed Solve for d and t. Momentum Solve for m and v. Force Solve for m and a.

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