What Would Happen
 

What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space?

http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/...oot-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

You'd never get it past TSA. ;)

Pat

Pete,

I have about 600 business cards I need scanned and cataloged. I will buy you beer too. :D

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

In the vacume of space, I think the propellant would not ignite.

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

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

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?

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

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.