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What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space?
Life Little Mysteries ^
| 2/17/2010
| Natalie Wolchover
Posted on 02/25/2012 3:43:56 PM PST by U-238
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:44:09 PM PST
by
U-238
To: U-238
The libs would try to confiscate it.
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:45:44 PM PST
by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: U-238
What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space?
This is a no brainer. If you shot a gun in space, you would rip a whole in the space time continuum and we would cease to exist. DUH!
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:49:07 PM PST
by
Lazlo in PA
(Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
To: U-238
Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer, a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder, and thus the firing of a bullet, wherever you are in the universe.BIG assumption. There is no guarentee that phsyics, and thusly chemistry, is a constant everywhere in the universe. All I'd need to do is adjust the Planck Constant just a bit, and the results might be that upon pulling the trigger, Bugs Bunny would peek out the barrel with a little BANG flag, kiss you on the nose, then dive back into the barrel.
Much hilarity ensues.
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:50:53 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If unemployment helps the economy, like the W.H. says, then CONTRACTING CANCER MAKES YOU HEALTHIER!)
To: U-238
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:52:27 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: U-238
Well, the outer space bullet will “stop” if the bullet does hit something, and even gas clouds could slow it way down.
Nobody will hear the gun going bang in outer space, however.
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:52:37 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
To: U-238
I sure am glad they cleared that all up finally.
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:52:46 PM PST
by
Bullish
(12-22-2012)
To: U-238
I would think that the gun (and trigger puller would ) would be propelled in the opposite direction forever unless attracted by a nearby by celestial body...the irony is that we would be more attracted to the more massive bodies, as counter-intuitive as that might seem.
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:53:27 PM PST
by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
To: Lazamataz
There is no guarentee that phsyics, and thusly chemistry, is a constant everywhere in the universe.
You are absolutely correct.In 2010,A team of astrophysicists based in Australia and England has uncovered evidence that the laws of physics are different in different parts of the universe
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:54:30 PM PST
by
U-238
To: U-238
With so many possible movie plotlines to consider, one question remains: Why are there so few space shoot 'em ups? I miss Firefly.
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posted on
02/25/2012 3:57:04 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the fascists.)
To: Repeal The 17th
In space, no one can hear you shoot.
To: U-238
Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot.I knew NASA would attempt to convince us of something ridiculous like this since they staged that space flight 50 years ago and claimed that the earth was round.
What will they try next???
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posted on
02/25/2012 4:00:10 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: U-238
Holy crap! Can you point me to that article????!?
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posted on
02/25/2012 4:00:47 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
(If unemployment helps the economy, like the W.H. says, then CONTRACTING CANCER MAKES YOU HEALTHIER!)
To: U-238
Fires can't burn in the oxygen-free vacuum of space, but guns can shoot.I wonder about that, will guns really fire at any temperature? If your ammo's trending down toward absolute zero, will it start to fail on you?
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posted on
02/25/2012 4:01:02 PM PST
by
eclecticEel
(Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: 7/4/1776 - 3/21/2010)
To: U-238
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posted on
02/25/2012 4:01:40 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
To: mkmensinger
In space, no one can hear you shoot. You can in the Hollywood part of space.
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posted on
02/25/2012 4:02:13 PM PST
by
ROCKLOBSTER
( Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
To: mkmensinger
Are you allowed to carry concealed in space?
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posted on
02/25/2012 4:03:04 PM PST
by
beelzepug
("Blind obedience to arbitrary rules is a sign of mental illness")
To: HiTech RedNeck
and even gas clouds could slow it way down."Actually, I believe a bullet would be one of the slowest
Particles in space anyway and the nearest gravity well would suck it in.
In fact I don't think it would even pass the moon before the Earths gravity would pull it back down.
Apollo TLI velocities were faster than a bullet from a gun.
To: HiTech RedNeck
Or you screaming, if it bites you :-)
To: U-238
What would happen if you shot a gun in space?
According to this documentary, not much.
Click
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posted on
02/25/2012 4:03:46 PM PST
by
Krankor
(eenie meenie, chili beanie, the spirits are about to speak.)
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