- Plot y-position vs time (the velocity and acceleration plots will be too messy in most cases)
You can interpret this graph as either having a slight acceleration throughout the entire time (and fit it with a polynomial) or assume that the module accelerates for the first part of the movie (0 to .8 seconds) and then rises at a constant velocity after that.
To fit sections of this graph (to test the second hypothesis),
- zoom into the first 0.8 seconds by holding down the control key and dragging a box around the data you want to look at.
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Fit the data with a second order polynomial by clicking on the fit button
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If this assumption is correct, then the astronauts are experiencing acceleration about 8.4 m/s^2 during the lift off, which is a reasonable value (about 6 moon g's!).
These results are up for interpretation. What do you think? VideoPoint@lsw.com
