Where is the Kuiper Belt located? Question 1 options: Between Earth and Mars Bet

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Where is the Kuiper Belt located?

Question 1 options:

Between Earth and Mars

Between Jupiter and Saturn

Between Uranus and Neptune

Beyond Neptune

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Question 2 (0.5 points)

What is the name of the first man made satellite launched in space?

Question 2 options:

Explorer 1

Sputnik 1

Soyuz

Salyut 1

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Question 3 (0.5 points)

What is the name of the first privately owned spacecraft to dock with the International Space Station?

Question 3 options:

CST-100

DreamChaser

Falcon 9

Dragon

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Question 4 (0.5 points)

What is the name of the first American to orbit the earth?

Question 4 options:

Yuri Gagarin

Alan Shepard

John Glenn

Virgil Grissom

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Question 5 (0.5 points)

When was the last Space Shuttle retired?

Question 5 options:

Endeavour on August 25, 2011

Discovery on March 9, 2011

Columbia on February 1, 2003

Atlantis on July 21, 2011

Question 6 (0.5 points)

What is the approximate altitude of a Geosynchronous Orbit?

Question 6 options:

300 kilometers

600 kilometers

3600 killometers

36000 kilometers

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Question 7 (0.5 points)

What is the name of the first spacecraft to land on Mars?

Question 7 options:

Sojourner

Viking

Spirit

Mariner 4

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Question 8 (0.5 points)

Why do rockets have a "Diverging Nozzle" at the exit?

Question 8 options:

To increase the exhaust velocity

To decrease the noise

To reduce the fuel consumption

To improve combustion

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Question 9 (0.5 points)

What does the term “principal” in Economics mean?

Question 9 options:

The amount of money borrowed or lent

The amount of money due/earned at the end of a period

The ratio between the interest payable/receivable at the end of a period to the money borrowed/lent

None of the above

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Question 10 (0.5 points)

What is the name of the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn?

Question 10 options:

Cassini

Voyager 1

Mariner 4

Pioneer 11

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Question 11 (0.5 points)

What is the region in the Solar System considered to be the source of long-period comets (period of 100,000's to millions of "Earth" years)?

Question 11 options:

Kuiper Belt

Asteroid Belt

Oort Cloud

None of the above

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Question 12 (0.5 points)

Who are the winners of the third round "NASA Commercial Crew Development" Program?

Question 12 options:

Sierra Nevada Corporation

Space X

Boeing

All of the above

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Question 13 (0.5 points)

The planet with the greatest orbital eccentricity is:

Question 13 options:

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Pluto

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Question 14 (0.5 points)

What is the name of the first component of the International Space Station put into orbit?

Question 14 options:

Node 1

Functional Cargo Block

Space Shuttle

None of the above

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Question 15 (0.5 points)

Which part of the Space Transportation System is NOT reusable?

Question 15 options:

The orbiter

The solid rocket boosters

The external fuel tank

None of the above

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Question 16 (0.5 points)

During the Apollo 11 mission, two astronauts landed on the moon while a third one stayed in the Command module, Who was he?

Question 16 options:

Michael Collins

Gene Cernan

Neil Armstrong

Edwin E. Aldrin

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Question 17 (0.5 points)

The boundary created between the solar wind and the interstellar wind is called:

Question 17 options:

The magnetosphere

The heliopause

The ionosphere

The heliosphere

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Question 18 (0.5 points)

What does the expression "economies of scale" pertain to?

Question 18 options:

The total cost of the project is reduced by the addition of very efficient processes

The project is a large scale project offering many opportunities for cost reduction

The development cost of a project is shared over a large number of items, thus the cost per item is less

None of the above

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Question 19 (0.5 points)

What is the name of the probe that was released in the atmosphere of the moon Titan?

Question 19 options:

Huygens

Cassini

Galileo

Newton

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Question 20 (0.5 points)

Out-gassing refers to:

Question 20 options:

Atomic oxygen corroding the surface of the spacecraft

Gas particles forming a coat over delicate sensors

High speed particles hitting the spacecraft causing damages

None of the above

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Question 21 (0.5 points)

The Galileo spacecraft discovered the first asteroid to have its own moon. What is the name of this asteroid?

Question 21 options:

Ida

Dactyl

Shoemaker-Levy 9

Gaspra

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Question 22 (0.5 points)

What is approximately the velocity of a satellite in circular LEO orbit around the earth?

Question 22 options:

8 meter per second

8 kilometers per second

8 miles per second

8 miles per hour

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Question 23 (0.5 points)

Who is Wernher Von Braun?

Question 23 options:

One of the men responsible for the design of the German V-2 rocket

The chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle that sent the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.

Both 1 and 2

None of the above

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Question 24 (0.5 points)

Who is the first American to fly faster than the speed of sound ( Mach 1)?

Question 24 options:

Scott Crossfield

Chuck Yeager

Milburn Apt

Jacqueline Cochran

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Question 25 (0.5 points)

When was the first US artificial satellite launched?

Question 25 options:

October 4, 1957

November 3, 1957

February 1, 1958

May 25, 1961

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Question 26 (0.5 points)

Virgin Galactic:

Question 26 options:

Is owned by Richard Branson

Partnered with Scaled Composites

Is offering suborbital spaceflights to tourists for $200,000

All of the above

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Question 27 (0.5 points)

What is the main advantage of liquid rocket propellant engines versus solid rocket propellant engines?

Question 27 options:

Their propellant is easier to store

They can be throttled, stopped, and restarted

They require a more complex engine

They are cryogenized

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Question 28 (0.5 points)

The “Curiosity” rover that landed on the Martian surface in August 2012:

Question 28 options:

Uses the same Entry-Descend and Landing system as Mars Pathfinder

Is about the size of a child wagon

Is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator

Landed at Gusev Crater

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Question 29 (0.5 points)

What kind of trajectory was used by Cassini spacecraft?

Question 29 options:

Type I trajectory

VVEJGA trajectory

VEEGA trajectory

None of the above

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Question 30 (0.5 points)

What is/are the main disadvantage(s) of LEO satellite systems?

Question 30 options:

Higher costs to build deploy, and operate

higher look angle than GEO systems

Low latency

All of the above

Between Earth and Mars

Between Jupiter and Saturn

Between Uranus and Neptune

Beyond Neptune

Explanation / Answer

1.

Kuiperbelt is located beyond neptune.

2.

first man made satellite launched in space is sputnik 1.

3.

The Dragon spacecraft was the first privately owned spacecraft by spaceX to reach iss.

4.

John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth.

5.

Endeavour on August 25, 2011 was the last shuttle retired.

6.

approximate altitude of a Geosynchronous Orbit is 30000 km.

7.

first spacecraft to land on Mars was VIKING LANDERS.

8.

rockets have a "Diverging Nozzle" at the exit to increase the exhaust velocity.

9.The amount of money borrowed or lent is the principal.

10.

Cassini was the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn.

11. Oort Cloud is source of long period comets.

12.

SpaceX, Sierra Nevada Corp., Blue Origin and Boeing were the winners. So answer is all of above.

13. Mercury has the greatest orbital eccentricity.

14. Zarya was the first component to launch. So none of above.

15. The external fuel tank is non reusable.

16. Michael Collins stayed in module.

17. The heliopause the boundary between the solar wind and the interstellar wind.

18.The development cost of a project is shared over a large number of items, thus the cost per item is less.

19. Huygens was released in the atmosphere of the moon titan.

20. Gas particles forming a coat over delicate sensors is out-gassing.

21. Dactyl was discovered by galileo pacecraft to have its own moon.

22. approximately the velocity of a satellite in circular LEO orbit around the earth is 8 kilometer per second.

23. The chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle that sent the Apollo spacecraft to the Moon.

24. Chuck Yeager is the first American to fly faster than the speed of sound.

25. First satellite launch by US was explorer 1 in February 1, 1958

26. All of the above.

27. They can be throttled, stopped, and restarted.

28. Curiosity is powered by a radioisotope thermoelectric generator.

29. Cassini spacecraft used the VVEJGA (Venus-Venus-Earth- Jupiter Gravity Assist) trajectory.

30. Disadvantage of LEO is higher cost. Other two options are advantage of LEO system.

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