Is it possible to adjust a rocket ship while in space? If so we could study the Kupier belt and see exactly. How long it is so we can know exactly how high to adjust the ship before entering the belt and avoid hitting asteroids to reach the outer parts of space instead of going right through the belt and risking a crash.

Edited April 9, 201312 yr by Christian.D walker

Yes, craft of that sort typically have maneuvering thrusters on them

Is it possible to adjust a rocket ship while in space?

Yes. As noted by Swanson all research craft have one or other form of propulsion for making small adjustments to their position., attitude and trajectory.

 

If so we could study the Kupier belt and see exactly. How long it is so we can know exactly how high to adjust the ship before entering the belt and avoid hitting asteroids to reach the outer parts of space instead of going right through the belt and risking a crash.

Science fiction movies and TV programs have a lot to answer for. Space is mainly empty even in the asteroid belt, the Kuiper Belt and the Oort cloud. You have very little chance of running into anything. Passing 'above' the belt is not necessary to avoid collisions.

Don't worry about collisions in the Kuiper belt. Spacecraft already passed through the less faint disks of Neptune and nothing happened.

 

Could you choose a more detailed title for the threads?