Posted on 02/20/2023 7:48:04 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Shoot down one more and ol’ Joe is an Ace.
Rockets don’t use any ball either, and work on the same principle. Even the New York Times now admits that.
https://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/factoids/ny-times-admits-moon-flight-possible.htm
Absolutely; I am just dealing with the present media information, where they say that the balloons are coming from. I was really perplexed by that balloon shot down over Lake Huron; how did it get to that location without detection? It turns out that it was likely a domestic balloon launched by a balloon club.
Notice these balloons are all WHITE.
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OK. An oldie but a goodie.
Q- Why is aspirin made white?
A- Because you want it to work.
I guess that makes me racist, huh?
“No recoil! Amazing!” [Lonesome in Massachusetts, post 34]
Beyond amazing; physically impossible.
Blank charges generate some recoil, but only a little compared to a live round: total mass ejected from the gun barrel would be only a tiny fraction of that when a live round is fired.
Heavy blank charges generate perceptible recoil in some guns. Standard powder charge for the US M1795 musket (69 cal) was 186 grains - about half the weight of a 7.62mm NATO round. Charge the pan, pour the rest down the barrel, ram the cartridge paper on top of it. When you touch it off you know it.
Your post #42 on the NYT retraction was excellent, and still relevant decades after. I’ve met folks possessed of multiple advanced degrees and commercial pilot ratings, who still cannot believe a rocket will work in outer space, because “there’s nothing to push against.” Some of those degrees were in aeronautics.
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