Mythbusters Proves....
#1
Posted 28 September 2015 - 04:37 AM
You could fire a gun in space.
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#2
Posted 28 September 2015 - 07:11 AM
#3
Posted 28 September 2015 - 08:04 AM
#4
Posted 28 September 2015 - 08:12 AM
#6
Posted 28 September 2015 - 07:05 PM
#9
Posted 30 September 2015 - 10:39 AM
#10
Posted 30 September 2015 - 12:44 PM
Mister Blastman, on 30 September 2015 - 07:43 AM, said:
Marack Drock, on 30 September 2015 - 09:53 AM, said:
^ He's from To Catch A Predator. I'm not trying to make fun of you though, I hope you didn't take it that way. It's just ever since the South Park episode with him in it the name makes me chuckle. Who cares the reason if your name brings a smile to someones face .
#11
Posted 30 September 2015 - 12:53 PM
t Khrist, on 30 September 2015 - 12:44 PM, said:
^ He's from To Catch A Predator. I'm not trying to make fun of you though, I hope you didn't take it that way. It's just ever since the South Park episode with him in it the name makes me chuckle. Who cares the reason if your name brings a smile to someones face .
Well right but I didn't see how you inferred that was his name from his post. I missed the link.
#12
Posted 30 September 2015 - 06:58 PM
Marack Drock, on 30 September 2015 - 04:45 PM, said:
You should definitely check it out. Even if you're not a fan of the show, I think you might get a kick or two out of that episode.
#13
Posted 04 October 2015 - 12:57 PM
I believe the major reason people believe that guns can't work in space is that they think the gunpowder won't burn, "Because there is no air, no oxygen for the gunpowder to use to make fire".
Yeah, they know nothing about basic chemistry, or even how explosions work.
The chemicals in gunpowder already have the oxygen needed. All you need is heat to start the chemistry going, usually provided by the primer cap, which is itself an explosion of chemicals set off by mechanical shock.
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Edited by Coryphee, 06 October 2015 - 07:35 AM.
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#15
Posted 06 October 2015 - 12:24 PM
I don't think that was ever a question. Neither is reloading. Why wouldn't you reload in a vacuum? Eject magazine, insert new one, release charging handle.
I think it's always been "firing a gun in outer space", which is not an issue of vacuum but weightlessness. You're going to be sent flying just as fast as the bullet.
#16
Posted 06 October 2015 - 01:02 PM
S3dition, on 06 October 2015 - 12:24 PM, said:
Not true.
1) The person ( and gun) will receive equal kinetic energy from the gunpowder as the bullet does. Reference equal and opposite rule.
2) The person( and gun) have many times the mass of the bullet. Energy is equal to mass times the square of velocity.
The person will move much slower than the bullet if both are acted upon in a weightless environment by the gunpowder.
#17
Posted 06 October 2015 - 01:09 PM
SilentScreamer, on 06 October 2015 - 01:02 PM, said:
1) The person ( and gun) will receive equal kinetic energy from the gunpowder as the bullet does. Reference equal and opposite rule.
2) The person( and gun) have many times the mass of the bullet. Energy is equal to mass times the square of velocity.
The person will move much slower than the bullet if both are acted upon in a weightless environment by the gunpowder.
You know exactly what I meant.
#18
Posted 06 October 2015 - 04:42 PM
S3dition, on 06 October 2015 - 12:24 PM, said:
I don't think that was ever a question. Neither is reloading. Why wouldn't you reload in a vacuum? Eject magazine, insert new one, release charging handle.
I think it's always been "firing a gun in outer space", which is not an issue of vacuum but weightlessness. You're going to be sent flying just as fast as the bullet.
you aren't weightless in space.
and you would not be at the speed of the bullet because of mass. And mass is not weight.
#19
Posted 08 October 2015 - 07:33 AM
There wouldnt be any restraints mechanically or chemistry based. Gravity and oxygen doesnt play a role when firing a bullet out of a casing.Maybe someone thought the slide of a semi-auto wouldnt cycle correctly?
#20
Posted 08 October 2015 - 03:41 PM
SouthernRex, on 28 September 2015 - 08:04 AM, said:
its TV -.-
I was making a joke actually rofl
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