Now we have a rod-shaped space station of length 1336 m and mass 6.24 x 10^6 kg, which can change its length (kind of like an old-fashioned telescope), without changing its overall mass. Suppose that the station is initially rotating at a constant rate of 2.98 rpm. If the length of the rod is reduced to 752 m, what will be the new rotation rate of the space station?

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To solve this problem we can use the principle of conservation of angular momentum which states that the total angular momentum of a system remains co... View the full answer