The correct answer is "As the distance from the earth increases, the gravitational pull on the spaceship would decrease."
In fact, the gravitational force (attractive) exerted by the Earth on the spaceship is given by
where G is the gravitational constant, M the Earth's mass, m the mass of the spaceship and d the distance of the spaceship from the Earth. As we can see from the formula, as the distance d between the spaceship and the Earth increases, the gravitational force F decreases, so answer D) is the correct one.
In fact, the gravitational force (attractive) exerted by the Earth on the spaceship is given by
where G is the gravitational constant, M the Earth's mass, m the mass of the spaceship and d the distance of the spaceship from the Earth. As we can see from the formula, as the distance d between the spaceship and the Earth increases, the gravitational force F decreases, so answer D) is the correct one.