A spaceship is moving through the vacuum of space far from any planet or star when its engines fail. The spaceship will then

(A) coast to a stop.
(B) fall out of orbit.
(C) continue at the same speed in the same direction.
(D) move in circles.
(E) fall into the nearest star.


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A spaceship is moving through the vacuum of space far from any planet or star when its engines fail. The spaceship will then

(A) coast to a stop.

No.
That only happens in Star Trek.

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A spaceship is moving through the vacuum of space far from any planet or star when its engines fail. The spaceship will then

(B) fall out of orbit.

No.
Only in Star Trek episodes.
Also, it's not orbiting anything to start with.

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A spaceship is moving through the vacuum of space far from any planet or star when its engines fail. The spaceship will then

(C) continue at the same speed in the same direction.

Yes.
The Law of Inertia applies here
(although not in Star Trek).

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A spaceship is moving through the vacuum of space far from any planet or star when its engines fail. The spaceship will then

(D) move in circles.

No.
Aristotle (who thought circular motion was
natural for heavenly objects) was wrong again.

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A spaceship is moving through the vacuum of space far from any planet or star when its engines fail. The spaceship will then

(E) fall into the nearest star.

No.
Give me a break.
You didn't really think that was the answer did you?

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