CAP Billy Mitchell Aerospace Test Study
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As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passenger trips to space aboard what
space vehicle? - -ANSWER- ✔---The Shepard rocket
What senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilot a rate of climb? - -ANSWER- ✔---The vertical
speed indicator
Why did Apollo 13 have to abort its landing on the Moon? - -ANSWER- ✔---Due to loss of service
module cryogenic oxygen
What is true about solar eclipses? - -ANSWER- ✔---occurs during daylight hours when the Moon
moves directly between the Sun and the Earth
In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the forerunner of the bazooka? - -
ANSWER- ✔---Jean Froissart
, A wing-mounted airplane engine is often covered with a streamlined enclosure called a - -ANSWER-
✔---Nacelle
What two planets are so similar that they are called the twin planets? - -ANSWER- ✔---Uranus and
Neptune
What is a mission of a LANDSAT? - -ANSWER- ✔---locates natural resources and monitors conditions
on the Earth's surface
How does Bernoulli's principle affect the design of airplane wings? - -ANSWER- ✔---Air flows faster
over the top of the wing and slower underneath
What is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - -ANSWER- ✔---Cumulus Nimbus clouds indicate good
weather
What is the geocentric theory? - -ANSWER- ✔---Earth is the center of the Universe
In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how many miles? - -
ANSWER- ✔---80 or 90 miles (129 to 145 km)
What is the name of the company that won the -answer-ari X-Prize - -ANSWER- ✔---Mojave
Aerospace Ventures
One knot is equivalent to how many miles per hour? - -ANSWER- ✔---1.15 mph
During a fall or spring equinox, what area of Earth receives the most direct sunlight? - -ANSWER- ✔--
-The equator
Changes can be made, if necessary, to an unmanned rocket's trajectory provided that the guidance
system includes a radio link between the rocket's guidance system and what/who? - -ANSWER- ✔---
The Mission Controllers
Guide 2025 – Complete Review & Tips to
Pass
As part of commercial space travel, Virgin Galactic offers paying passenger trips to space aboard what
space vehicle? - -ANSWER- ✔---The Shepard rocket
What senses changes in air pressure and gives the pilot a rate of climb? - -ANSWER- ✔---The vertical
speed indicator
Why did Apollo 13 have to abort its landing on the Moon? - -ANSWER- ✔---Due to loss of service
module cryogenic oxygen
What is true about solar eclipses? - -ANSWER- ✔---occurs during daylight hours when the Moon
moves directly between the Sun and the Earth
In France, whose idea of launching rockets through tubes became the forerunner of the bazooka? - -
ANSWER- ✔---Jean Froissart
, A wing-mounted airplane engine is often covered with a streamlined enclosure called a - -ANSWER-
✔---Nacelle
What two planets are so similar that they are called the twin planets? - -ANSWER- ✔---Uranus and
Neptune
What is a mission of a LANDSAT? - -ANSWER- ✔---locates natural resources and monitors conditions
on the Earth's surface
How does Bernoulli's principle affect the design of airplane wings? - -ANSWER- ✔---Air flows faster
over the top of the wing and slower underneath
What is NOT true regarding cumulus clouds? - -ANSWER- ✔---Cumulus Nimbus clouds indicate good
weather
What is the geocentric theory? - -ANSWER- ✔---Earth is the center of the Universe
In order to stay in orbit around Earth, an object must be at an altitude of at least how many miles? - -
ANSWER- ✔---80 or 90 miles (129 to 145 km)
What is the name of the company that won the -answer-ari X-Prize - -ANSWER- ✔---Mojave
Aerospace Ventures
One knot is equivalent to how many miles per hour? - -ANSWER- ✔---1.15 mph
During a fall or spring equinox, what area of Earth receives the most direct sunlight? - -ANSWER- ✔--
-The equator
Changes can be made, if necessary, to an unmanned rocket's trajectory provided that the guidance
system includes a radio link between the rocket's guidance system and what/who? - -ANSWER- ✔---
The Mission Controllers
