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It has been proposed that we could explore Mars using inflated balloons to hover just above the surface. The buoyancy of the atmosphere would keep the balloon aloft. The density of the Martian atmosphere is 0.0154kg/m3 (although this varies with temperature). Suppose we construct these balloons of a thin but tough plastic having a density such that each square meter has a mass of 5.00 g. We inflate them with a very light gas whose mass we can ignore.

(a) What should be the radius and mass of these balloons so they just hover above the surface of Mars?

(b) If we released one of the balloons from part (a) on earth, where the atmospheric density is 1.20kg/m3, what would be its initial acceleration assuming it was the same size as on Mars? Would it go up or down?

(c) If on Mars these balloons have five times the radius found in part (a), how heavy an instrument package could they carry?

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(a) The radius and mass of the balloon is 0/974 m and 5.96×10-2kg.

(b) The initial acceleration of the balloon on Earth is 755m/s2 , and the balloon will go up.

(c) The mass of the instrument package is 5.27 kg .

Step by step solution

01

Identification of given data and the concept

  • The density of the Martian atmosphere is,ÒÏm=0.0154kg/m3.
  • The density of Earth’s atmosphere is, ÒÏa=1.20kg/m3.
  • The mass of a balloon per square meter is, m=5g/m2.

The density of an object in the given space is the mass occupied by the object in the unit volume. It varies with the temperature of the object.

02

Determination of the mass and radius of each balloon(a)

The volume of the balloon is given as:

V=43Ï€°ù3 (1)

Here r is the radius of the sphere.

The total mass of the balloon is given as:

M=m4Ï€r2ÒÏmâ‹…V=m4Ï€r2ÒÏm43Ï€r3=m4Ï€r2r=3mÒÏm (2)

Substitute all the values in the above equation to find the radius of each balloon, and we get,

r=35g/m21kg1000g0.0154kg/m3r=0.974m

From equation (2), we can calculate the mass of the balloon as:

M=5g/m21kg1000g4π(0.974m)2M=5.96×10−2kg

Therefore, the radius and mass of the balloon is 0.974 m and 5.96×10-2kg.

03

Determination of initial acceleration of balloon on Earth(b)

Substitute all the values in equation (1) to find the volume of the balloon; we get,

V=43Ï€(0.974m)3V=3.87m3

The initial acceleration of a balloon on Earth can be calculated as,

a=ÒÏa∨g−mgm

Substitute all the values in the above equation, and we get,

a=1.20kg/m33.87m39.81m/s2−5.96×10−2kg9.81m/s25.96×10−2kga=755m/s2

Therefore, the initial acceleration of the balloon on Earth is 755m/s2 , and the balloon will go up.

04

Determination of the mass of instrument package(c)

The volume of the total system on Mars is given as:

Vm=43Ï€rm3

Here, rm is the radius of the balloon on Mars, and its value is five times the radius of the balloon on Earth.

Substitute all the values in the above equation, and we get,

Vm=43Ï€(5r)3Vm=43Ï€(5(0.974m))3Vm=438.81m3

The mass of the total system on Mars is given as:

Mm=4Ï€rm2m

Substitute all the values in the above equation, and we get,

Mm=4Ï€(5r)2Mm=4Ï€(5(0.974m))25g/m21kg1000gMm=1.490kg

The mass of the instrument package is given as:

mp=ÒÏmVm−Mm

Substitute all the values in the above equation, and we get,

mp=0.0154kg/m3438.81m3−1.490kgmp=5.27kg

Therefore, the mass of the instrument package is 5.27 kg .

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