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CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test
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What rocket was used to launch the first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7? ✔✔Saturn IB
Who developed a technique called spin stabilization? ✔✔William Hale
What US manned space program was the first to use a two man capsule? ✔✔Gemini
The approximate daily dosage of radiation on the International Space Station is equivalent to how many chest x-rays? ✔✔About 8
Who was the first American to orbit the Earth? ✔✔John Glenn
What is the most widely accepted altitude where space begins? ✔✔62 miles
Who is known as the "Father or Modern Astronautics"? ✔✔Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
What does Newton's third law of motion state? ✔✔For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction
For what does GNSS stand? ✔✔Global Navigation Satellite System
What was the name of the first joint international space mission that took place in 1975? This involved the linkup in space of American and Soviet manned spacecraft. ✔✔Apollo-Soyuz
Which of the following is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? ✔✔They are high in the sky
A nautical mile is longer that a statute mile and is equal to how many feet? ✔✔6,076 feet
What is the name of the company that won the Ansari X-Prize ✔✔Scaled Composites
While GPS has many uses, it was primarily developed for which of the following purposes? ✔✔To enhance the effectiveness of US and allied military forces
What is the standard pressure? ✔✔29.92 inches of mercury
What was the first communication satellite? What was its name? ✔✔1962; TELSTAR
When was the first satellite sent into space? What was its name? ✔✔1957; Sputnik I
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? What was its name? ✔✔1958; Explorer I
Most asteroids travel in orbit between which two planets? ✔✔Mars and Jupiter
Which of the following was NOT a rocket launch vehicle workhorse for America's early space program? ✔✔Vanguard
Which of the following space shuttle orbiters did NOT fly in space? ✔✔Anything OTHER THAN Columbia, Challenger Endeavour, Discovery, or Atlantis
What will the remaining core of a supernova become? ✔✔A neutron star or black hole
Which series of space probes flew by Venus and Mercury and gave us clear pictures of Venus' clouds and Mercury's cratered surface? ✔✔Mariners
Which of the following is true of the International Space Station? ✔✔All of these answers are correct
In order to stay in orbit around the Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how many miles? ✔✔80-90 miles
What is the shape of the galaxy in which we live? ✔✔Spiral
What magnitude indicates the brightest shining star? ✔✔The lowest number
What United States space program served our country for 30 years (1981-2011)? ✔✔Space Transportation System (STS, also known as the Space Shuttle Program)
What classification of stars has the highest temperature? ✔✔O
What is the heliocentric theory? ✔✔It is a theory which placed the Sun at the center of the universe.
What is the part of the sun that gives off light? ✔✔Photosphere
A launch vehicle gives the spacecraft enough force to reach ___________. ✔✔Orbit
What is the temperature in Fahrenheit if the Celsius temperature is 30 degrees? (Use the formula for converting Celsius to Fahrenheit) ✔✔86°F
What American-based, British-owned commercial spaceflight company offers tourists the opportunity to experience a suborbital flight aboard SpaceShipTwo (also known as the VSS Enterprise)? ✔✔Virgin Galactic or Scaled Composites
If the Sun were hollow, about how many Earth's would fit inside it? ✔✔One million
Dr. Robert Goddard is known as which of the following? ✔✔Father of Modern Rocketry
In what year was the first US satellite successfully launched into orbit around the Earth? ✔✔ 1958
If a meteoroid enters the Earth's atmosphere, it is called a (an) ________. ✔✔Meteor
Finding out if a human could survive space travel was part of the mission for which US manned spaceflight program? ✔✔Mercury
Astronaut wings are awarded to anyone who reaches what minimum altitude? ✔✔50 miles
Who was the driver of the jet-powered car that first broke the sound barrier in 1997? ✔✔Andy Green
In April 1990, what did Discovery deploy? ✔✔Hubble Space Telescope
What United States space program served our country for 30 years (from 1981 - 2011)? ✔✔Space Transportation System (STS, also known as the Space Shuttle Program)
A wind that is blowing from the southeast is called which of the following? ✔✔Southeast
Which of the following occurred in the Gemini Program? ✔✔The first spacewalk
How many miles is 1 Astronomical Unit? ✔✔About 93 million miles
what temperature scale is based on absolute zero and commonly used by scientists ✔✔Kelvin
who was the first American man in space ✔✔Alan Shepard
Which of the following is NOT true regarding the structure of a satellite ✔✔the structure does not supply support for the other sub systems
which scientists develop the geocentric theory ✔✔Aristotle and Ptolemy
which of the following scale is for estimating wend speed on land or sea ✔✔beaufort scale
An engine or propeller is used to create what kind of force? ✔✔thrust
airspeed is commonly described in what unit of measurement ✔✔knots
which of the following in NOT true regarding space suits ✔✔space suits have changed little over the years
which switch controls power to most airplane accessories including radios, the starter, and lights ✔✔master switch
a heading indicator is also known as a ✔✔Directional Gyro
_______ is the right to be free from being observed or disturbed by other people ✔✔privacy
which of the following is NOT true regarding air that is heated ✔✔the density of warm air is greater than the density of cooler air
which of the following best describes the shape of an airfoil ✔✔tear-drop
In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the forerunner of the bazooka? ✔✔Jean Froissart
which of the following is NOT an example of NASA spinoffs ✔✔ear thermometer, invisable braces
which term is defined as the sun and the bodies that orbit around it ✔✔solar system
temperature data is part of what satellite sub system ✔✔thermal control
in what year was the first weather satellite launched ✔✔ 1960
which of the following is NOT a shpae of a galaxy ✔✔prism
newton's _____ lawof motion states "a body at rtest will remain at rest unless acted upon by some outside unbalanced force" ✔✔first
how does the moons diameter compare to the earths diameter ✔✔the moons diameter is about 1/4 the size of the earths diameter
Who developed the heliocentric theory? ✔✔Copernicus
Which of the following is an example of payload ✔✔all of these answers are correct
What rocket was developed solely to send humans to the moon? ✔✔saturn V
Which US manned space program was the first to use a two-man capsule? ✔✔Gemeni
thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes can all be assosciated with what type of cloud ✔✔cumulonimbus clouds
our solar systems includes all of the following except ✔✔galaxies
which of the following refers to the nose right nose left motion of an aircraft (movement around the vertical axis) ✔✔yaw
who was the first private pilot to earn nasa's highly-coveted astronaut wings ✔✔Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie
since 1957 about how many countries have launched satellites into space ✔✔ 10
Which of the following best describes wind diorection ✔✔wind direction is defined as the direction from which the wind is blowing (coming from)
using offensive language online would be considered _________ ✔✔unethical
What term simply refers to a chamber enclosing a gas under pressure? ✔✔rocket
which of the following is NOT characteristic of the troposphere ✔✔there is little weather in this layer, and certain types of clouds only occasionally exist in it
which spacecraft is becoming america's military space plane that can be used fior space based surveillance and recon ✔✔X-
why did apollo 13 have to abort its landing on the moon ✔✔oxygen tank failed
In case of crash emergencies, OSHA requires civilian aircraft to carry which one of the following devices ✔✔An emergency location transmitter (ELT)
in addition to the speed at which an orbiting object is traveling, what affects the shape of an orbit ✔✔gravity
Which of the followinf is not true regarding microburts ✔✔usually occur gradually thus allowing pilot time to react
what defines a sattellites prupose, its design and the service it will provide ✔✔the mission
what senses changes in air pressure and give the pilot a rate of climb ✔✔vertical velocity indicator (VVI)
On what mission and in what year did man first walk on the Moon? ✔✔Apollo 11 1969
what is one way stars differ from planets ✔✔stars generate their own light
In 1958 who became responsible for research and development in the area of military aerospace activities? ✔✔The department of defense (DOD)
What tells a controller how the satellite is functioning? ✔✔Telemetry
Although all of the shuttles experienced numerous successful missions which shuttles were lost during one of their missions (one in 1986 and the other in 2003) resulting in the loss of crew members ✔✔Challenger, Columbia
what term is defined as the rate of change in velocity with respect to time ✔✔acceleration
According to Tsiolkovsky in 1903, what would allow rockets to achieve greater range? ✔✔liquid propellant
A brute force attack ✔✔the password cracker tries every possible combination of characters in hopes of guessing the password right
about how many jupiters could fit inside the sun ✔✔about 1000
Traveling one light year would be like making how many round trips to the Sun and back? ✔✔ 32
Who is the former spaatz cadet and current CAP senior member who was the astronaut that piloted the last flight of discovery in 2011 ✔✔ERIC Boe
which of the following best explains why satellites can be unusual shapes (shapes may vary from being rectangular, cylindrical, etc.) ✔✔The dynamic drag is very low in space due to practically no air or water molecules.
when an engine starts moving what pulls air into the engine? ✔✔compression
As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passengers trips to space aboard what space vehicle? ✔✔SpaceShipTwo
