General Awareness: Space Shuttle Quiz

1. Escape velocity for a spacecraft to fly to the moon is _______ ?

a) 10,000 miles per hour
b) Once the shuttle gets going you need to actually slow it down to stop it leaving the Earth
c) Speed is irrelevant , just need fuel
d) 25,000 miles per hour (approx.)

The correct answer is d) 25,000 miles per hour (approx.)

2. Can astronauts take their pets into space with them?

a) Only if doing experiments on them
b) A canary is taken as it will give early warning for low oxygen
c) One pet cockroach per astronaut
d) It has only happened once and it was a mouse

The correct answer is a) Only if doing experiments on them.

3. How long will a spacesuit keep an astronaut alive?

a) 2 days maximum
b) 2.5 hours
c) 1.5 hours
d) 9 hours

The correct answer is d) 9 hours

4. On liftoff the crew of the space shuttle are subjected to ______ g of pressure.

a) 3.5
b) 1.6
c) 1
d) 6

The correct answer is b) 1.6

5. What colour is space?

a) blue
b) grey
c) purple
d) no colour

The correct answer is d) no colour

6. If there is a problem on the space shuttle and the crew want to bail out they can do so by _____ ?

a) Use the Rocket powered Ejector Seat
b) jumping out the hatch and parachuting to Earth
c) Detach the saucer section
d) Turn the engines off and land with the shuttle.

The correct answer is b) jumping out the hatch and parachuting to Earth.

7. What shape does water form when floating in space on the shuttle?

a) sphere
b) same as on Earth
c) breaks down into shapes called argents
d) water cannot form in space

The correct answer is a) sphere

8. Escape velocity for a spacecraft to fly to the moon is _______ ?

a) 10,000 miles per hour
b) Once the shuttle gets going you need to actually slow it down to stop it leaving the Earth
c) Speed is irrelevant , just need fuel
d) 25,000 miles per hour

The correct answer is d) 25,000 miles per hour

9. How does a candle burn in a weightless environment?

a) burns dimly
b) same as on Earth
c) candle goes out as no convection
d) forms fire ball which cannot be extinguished easily

The correct answer is c) candle goes out as no convention

10. How many times do your ears pop in a normal shuttle launch?

a) Only once
b) They don't
c) Several times, depends on each astronaut
d) They pop every few minutes

The correct answer is b) They don't.