Mechanics -- Problem Set #2

For Hubble Space Telescope info & pictures, try
http://www.stsci.edu/public.html

For NASA info, pictures and teaching materials, try:
http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov:80/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Materials/Sciences/

...and look here for information and details about the solar system:
http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov:80/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Materials/Sciences/Astronomy/Our.Solar.System/

...there's a nice teacher's guide at:
http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov:80/Instructional.Materials/Curriculum.Materials/Sciences/Astronomy/Our.Solar.System/Earths.Moon/Exploring.The.Moon.Teacher.Guide.4-12/


Sepsis, the housefly from question #6, particularly asks that you check out his favorite homepage, at the Smithsonian Institution:
http://nmnhwww.si.edu/entomology/Diptera/flies.html

Computers are being used to model car crashes, in addition to manufacturers smashing up the real thing. Advances in supercomputing make it possible to figure out a 35 m.p.h. crash into a lamppost in only half a day...
http://www.eng.clemson.edu/Netscape/Thompson/crash.html
http://www.ornl.gov/Press_Releases/archive/car_crashes.html