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In the picture above, an astronaut carrying a devise in space finds himself drifting away from a space ship after his safety belt becomes unfastened. If he has no propulsion device, what should he be doing to move back to the space ship?

PLS FAST In The Picture Above An Astronaut Carrying A Devise In Space Finds Himself Drifting Away From A Space Ship After His Safety Belt Becomes Unfastened If class=

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He must throw the device AWAY from the ship.

Since momentum is conserved, that move will give HIM an equal amount of momentum TOWARDS the ship.

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