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Lunar Leaper
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level 
Gravity on the Moon is about 1/6th that on the Earth. A pole-vaulter 2 metres tall can clear a 5 metres pole on the Earth. How high a pole could he clear on the Moon?
High Jumping
Age 14 to 18
How high can a high jumper jump? How can a high jumper jump higher without jumping higher? Read on...
Go Spaceship Go
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Show that even a very powerful spaceship would eventually run out of overtaking power
Escape from Planet Earth
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
How fast would you have to throw a ball upwards so that it would never land?
The Ultra Particle
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Explore the energy of this incredibly energetic particle which struck Earth on October 15th 1991
Sweeping Satellite
Age 16 to 18
Challenge Level
Derive an equation which describes satellite dynamics.