Newton's Laws of Motion & Forces

Question

NASA is concerned about the ability of a future lunar outpost to store the supplies necessary to support astronauts. The supply storage area of the lunar outpost, where gravity is 1.63 m/s², can only support 1 x 10⁵ N.

What is the maximum WEIGHT of supplies, as measured on EARTH, NASA should plan on sending to the lunar outpost

Answer 1

On Earth, g is 9.8m/sec² . This means that the weight (force of gravity) is higher than the lunar outpost by the ratio 9.8 / 1.63 = 6.01

The weight of an object on Earth is roughly 6 times the weight on the moon.