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What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space?
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2167-gun-shoot-space.html
"...................Shooting someone in the back is a cowardly act. In space, "theoretically you could shoot yourself in the back," Schultz said..............."
One of those "Just in case you were thinking" things.
Team Sergeant
02-25-2012, 18:25
What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space?
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2167-gun-shoot-space.html
"...................Shooting someone in the back is a cowardly act. In space, "theoretically you could shoot yourself in the back," Schultz said..............."
One of those "Just in case you were thinking" things.
Nothing good on TV huh.......:munchin :D
What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space?
You'd never get it past TSA. ;)
Pat
fasteddie565
02-25-2012, 21:05
Pete,
I have about 600 business cards I need scanned and cataloged. I will buy you beer too. :D
greenberetTFS
02-26-2012, 00:38
What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space?
http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/2167-gun-shoot-space.html
"...................Shooting someone in the back is a cowardly act. In space, "theoretically you could shoot yourself in the back," Schultz said..............."
One of those "Just in case you were thinking" things.
Pete
I love you like a brother,but I'm the one that's always getting chewed out for my ":eek::(" posts!.........:confused:
Big Teddy :munchin
Dozer523
02-26-2012, 17:52
In the vacume of space, I think the propellant would not ignite.
Kyobanim
02-26-2012, 18:06
Put it in a suit and shoot it. It worked on Firefly . . .
Dozer,
I think it would fire, there is air in the cartridge and the cartridge is sealed. I don't know about the velocity or the range.
I am sure there is a reason that I am wrong, I just don't see it.
sf
DevilSide
02-26-2012, 19:44
Back in middle school a science book told me that astronauts carried .45's in space, I don't know how true that is but I assume if they do, then they can shoot.
The Reaper
02-26-2012, 20:47
Back in middle school a science book told me that astronauts carried .45's in space, I don't know how true that is but I assume if they do, then they can shoot.
I suspect that is for when and where they come down, not what they might find up there.
TR
GratefulCitizen
02-26-2012, 21:13
Let's say you're in a spacecraft orbiting the Earth, pursuing another spacecraft in the same orbit.
You're trying to close range in order to get close enough to shoot him down (assuming he doesn't know he's being chased).
What do you do?
--Slow down!
Seriously.
BUT!
The big questions is:
If it were possible for a car with it's lights turned on to be traveiling at the speed of light, would the lights illuminate the road in front of the car?
GratefulCitizen
02-26-2012, 21:27
BUT!
The big questions is:
If it were possible for a car with it's lights turned on to be traveiling at the speed of light, would the lights illuminate the road in front of the car?
Trick question.
A car can't go the speed of light because it's momentum would approach infinity.
It would be impossible to accelerate the car that last bit.
Now if the car were going 99% of the speed of light...
:D
--Slow down!
Seriously.
Slower = lower = faster ground speed. ;)
Pat
GratefulCitizen
02-26-2012, 22:23
Slower = lower = faster ground speed. ;)
Pat
Shorter path, too.
In 1965, James McDivitt was trying to rendezvous with something ahead of him.
Speeding up didn't work.
Dozer523
02-26-2012, 22:40
BUT! that's a big but.
If it were possible for a car with it's lights turned on to be traveiling at the speed of light, would the lights illuminate the road in front of the car? Yes, but yesterday.
greenberetTFS
02-26-2012, 22:56
You know what's really great about all these posts,you can't be called out for going off topic...............;) :D
Big Teddy :munchin
You know what's really great about all these posts,you can't be called out for going off topic...............;) :D
Big Teddy :munchin
Come on, Big Teddy. Don't hijack the thread. Sheeez. ;)
Pat
Trick question.
A car can't go the speed of light because it's momentum would approach infinity.
You mean to tell me an Infinity is going to be faster than the car I'd be in ???
69 FORD Mustang fastback with a 402 small block
Naaaaaaa ....... Can't see that happening. :munchin
1stindoor
02-27-2012, 00:03
Put it in a suit and shoot it. It worked on Firefly . . .
That would be Vera.
Guymullins
02-27-2012, 07:10
In the vacume of space, I think the propellant would not ignite.
All chemical explosives that work on Earth will work in space.
Here's why. Chemical explosives are just things that burn, but burn very fast. In fact, they have to burn so fast that they cannot rely on the air to get their supply of oxygen. This means that they have to supply their own oxidizing agent, so that they can burn fast enough to be an explosion.
For gunpowder this oxidizing agent is saltpetre, for example.
Because explosives have their own oxidizing agent built in they will explode even in the absence of air - for instance under water or in deep space.
You know what's really great about all these posts,you can't be called out for going off topic...............;) :D
Big Teddy :munchin
Remember the long thread we had running about the airplane taking off while on a rug moving in the opposite direction?
Mauser98
02-28-2012, 00:42
I suspect that is for when and where they come down, not what they might find up there.
TR
Aye, also, the russians were given a triple barreled survival pistol/shotgun combo and miniguns mounted on their space stations... (which was test fired) :o US guys used the Colt Woodsman according to the grapevine, but a High Standard HDM as carried by Francis Gary Powers & the other boys from virginia is the more likely proposition. esp. because of it's similarity to the 1911.
My dad used to have non silenced HD variant. It was a tackdriver. But sold it for the Mauser. :cool:
Remember the long thread we had running about the airplane taking off while on a rug moving in the opposite direction?
Between this thread and that one...I can see we don't have very many random whizz quizz employees...
:D:D
dr. mabuse
02-28-2012, 09:46
M134 to repel attacking Somali pirates in space. :munchin
Between this thread and that one...I can see we don't have very many random whizz quizz employees...
:D:D
Respectfully disagree.
I am certain that there are many members from my era who frequently experience the random whizz. :D