Well first of all, the Space Shuttle program ended a few years ago, and none have been launched since then.
The Shuttle never went to places that were properly referred to as "outer space". When they flew, the Space Shuttles went to low Earth orbit, where the acceleration of gravity is roughly 85% of its value on the Earth's surface.
So a Shuttle that weighed 20 million Newtons on the launch pad weighed roughly 17 million Newtons while in orbit.
The atomic number gives you the number of protons element x has. Since the mass of protons and neutrons are almost similar(around 1 amu), the mass number can be thought of as the sum of protons and neutrons. so if element x whose atomic number is 40 has a mass number of 82, then we know that 42 of those must be neutrons.
Answer:
Explanation:
Given:
angular speed of rotation of friction-less platform, 
moment of inertia with extended weight, 
moment of inertia with contracted weight, 
<u>Now we use the law of conservation of angular momentum:</u>
The angular speed becomes faster as the mass is contracted radially near to the axis of rotation.
