An astronaut travels to a star system 4.3 ly away at a speed of 0.90 c . Assume that the time needed to accelerate and decelerate is negligible. A. How long does the journey take according to Mission Control on earth?
B. How long does the journey take according to the astronaut?
C. How much time elapses between the launch and the arrival of the first radio message from the astronaut saying that she has arrived?

In a steady-flow steam power plant system, two adiabatic high-pressure and low-pressure turbines ane used to generate power. superheated steam enters the high-pressure turbine at 8 mpa and 550°c. the steam expands in the high-pressure turbine to a saturated vapor at 3 mpa. in order to increase the powe generation of the power plant, another steam turbine working in a lower pressure ranges is deployed. the outlet vapor from the first turbine is heated up at a boiler to the temperature of 500 c at the constant pressure of first turbine's outlet (3 mpa). then, the vapor enters the second turbine and produces extra work. the exit conditions of the second turbine are 5o kpa and 90 percent quality. if the total power output of the power plant is 25 mw, determine a) the mass flow rate of the water (kg/s). b) heat transfer rate in the boiler (mw). (30 points) 3 mpa 00 c 8 mpa s0 c high pres turbine low pres boiler turbine 50 kpa 3 mpa 09 saturated vapor t heat engine, shown in the figure, operates between high temperature and low temperature of through a heat 4. a carnot tn and tu respectively. this heat engine receives energy from a heat reservoir at t exchanger where the heat transferred is proportional to the temperature difference as ? = k (z,-7, ). it rejects heat at a given low temperature tl. to design the heat engine for maximum work output, find the high temperature, th, as a function of tes and t. (15 points) qe

Researchers determine that the biodiversity in a woodland region is declining. they identify two major threats to the region's biodiversity, a method to address each threat, and the expected outcome of each method. this information is shown in the table. a) reforestation would not benefit many species because most forest species live on the ground. b) reforestation would take the longest time to be effective because trees take several years to grow. c) biological augmentation would benefit only a few species because is is typically not very effective. d) biological augmentation would take less time to ve effective because it targets the majority of prey species.

Astone weighing 1.5 kilograms is resting on a rock at a height of 20 meters above the ground. the stone rolls down 10 meters and comes to rest on a patch of moss. the gravitational potential energy of the stone on the moss is joules.