The landing of a spacecraft is cushioned with the help of airbags. During its landing on Mars, the velocity of downward fall is 16 meters/second. Immediately after the impact, the velocity is reduced to 1.2 meters/second. If the spacecraft has a mass of 11.5 × 104 kilograms, what is your estimate for the impulse if the time of impact is 0.8 seconds?

Answer(b) 60 miles per hour;

W= fd
where f is an applied force and d is the distance over which it is applied. when a parachuting skydiver is at constant velocity, he is experiencing "terminal velocity", the point at which his acceleration down is canceled out by air resistance. that means that the resisting force of the air is equal to his weight, but in the opposite direction. with this, we can solve for the work done by the force.
w = fd
w = (92.0)(9.81 m/s^2) (325)
w= 2.93 x 10^5 j
the value for work in this case is positive because it is pushing up on the skydiver, who has a downward force of gravity.
therefore the answer is 2.93 x 10^5 j