Linear Impulse-Momentum Principle - Conceptual Example 9.3-4

 

You are an astronaut floating in the vacuum of outer space and you have been stranded a distance away from your spacecraft. Which of the following options would you choose to help propel yourself back to the craft?

 

Wave your arms and kick your legs.
Throw a wrench toward the spacecraft.
Throw a wrench in the opposite direction of the spacecraft.
None of the above.