Pages: 1 2  Next -- Posted by jonlester31 at 5:06 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 What would happen if you shot a gun in space? My friend and I were talking about it.  Would the gunpowder need oxygen to combust? or would it fire?   -- Posted by Lihiro at 5:07 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Wouldn't fire lalala. -- Posted by 420mike at 5:07 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 It wouldn't fire... -- Posted by Mlke at 5:07 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 it would fail. -- Posted by Vintorez at 5:07 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 you need oxygen to make a fire -- Posted by m8ggi3 at 5:08 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 no idea. -- Posted by wolfie92 at 5:08 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 it wouldnt work -- Posted by jamesish at 5:09 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 it would fall back down?  Depends on the gun and its power? -- Posted by Squee77 at 5:09 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Lol it's like talking about how does the sun have oxygen... but really there's a slightest chance it would fire if you're up in space because the gravity is much lower in space than here. -- Posted by jonlester31 at 5:11 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Quote: from Squee77 at 8:09 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Lol it's like talking about how does the sun have oxygen... but really there's a slightest chance it would fire if you're up in space because the gravity is much lower in space than here. thats why we should test important things in space, like that. -- Posted by silverrose42 at 5:13 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 It would fail... like this post. -- Posted by sLyDeWaIzE at 5:16 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 actually, it might fire because a bullit is sealed anyway....the chemical reaction takes place without oxygen anyway doesn't it....idk im down for testing that at the ISS -- Posted by barnabas at 5:19 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 I think it would depend on the type of gun. -- Posted by jonlester31 at 5:20 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Quote: from barnabas at 8:19 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 I think it would depend on the type of gun. i'm less interested on the ballistics part of it, just the will it firing -- Posted by xdark bluex at 5:21 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 nu uh!! I saw it in a movie!! Armagedon!! That movie made me cry =[ -- Posted by Sarge at 5:22 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 I would think so. You can fire a gun underwater, why not in a vacuum? -- Posted by jonlester31 at 5:24 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Quote: from Sarge at 8:22 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 I would think so. You can fire a gun underwater, why not in a vacuum? very good point -- Posted by barnabas at 5:26 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Quote: from jonlester31 at 7:20 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Quote: from barnabas at 8:19 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 I think it would depend on the type of gun. i'm less interested on the ballistics part of it, just the will it firing again, I think it would depend on the gun. gunpowder has its own oxidizer, so it will fire in space, given the right kind of bullet. -- Posted by sLyDeWaIzE at 5:29 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Quote: from Sarge at 8:22 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 I would think so. You can fire a gun underwater, why not in a vacuum? Yea but water does contain oxygen, and with the heat generated from the combustion...idk the specifics but i would think if oxygen was necessary water could provide enough oxygen -- Posted by barnabas at 5:32 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Gunpowder contains oxygen guys. -- Posted by WhiteDwarf at 5:36 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 You people are full of fail.  Gunpowder contains its own oxidizing component- potassium nitrate. The cartridge is a closed self-sufficient system, it doesn't suck in some oxygen from the air.   YES- A GUN WOULD WORK JUST FINE IN SPACE! -- Posted by Acid World at 5:38 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 Most gun ammunitions come with oxidizers added in for more effective firing, or less chance of the gun not firing (I'd imagine). Perhaps that would be enough for the combustion that would fire off the bullet, perhaps not? Not a very important question to scientists unless we are going to start wars on the moon. -- Posted by sLyDeWaIzE at 5:43 pm on Sep. 2, 2008 that would be awesome....id enlist...lol jk jk -- Posted by allsmiles at 5:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008 It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor. -- Posted by jonlester31 at 1:18 pm on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 8:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008 It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor. you mean the gun would move around the bullet? -- Posted by Cumulonimbus at 4:00 am on Sep. 4, 2008 Yes, a gun would work in space, but I wouldn't suggest firing even a small one while in it or Newton's 3rd Law of Motion will bite you in the ass.   -- Posted by bigshow200 at 4:25 am on Sep. 4, 2008 you blow a big hole in the wall and get sucked out of your rocket, your body will explode and your brains get sucked out your eye hole haheheha   -- Posted by allsmiles at 9:32 am on Sep. 4, 2008 Quote: from jonlester31 at 9:18 pm on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 8:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008 It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor. you mean the gun would move around the bullet? No, you'll experience the same force in the opposite direction, effectively. Unless you hold it exactly central to your body, you'll go spinning backwards really quite fast. Chances are you'd be forced unconscious, or at least temporarily blind. -- Posted by Defenestrator at 6:28 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 9:32 am on Sep. 4, 2008 Quote: from jonlester31 at 9:18 pm on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 8:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008 It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor. you mean the gun would move around the bullet? No, you'll experience the same force in the opposite direction, effectively. Unless you hold it exactly central to your body, you'll go spinning backwards really quite fast. Chances are you'd be forced unconscious, or at least temporarily blind. I highly doubt that it would be that severe.  Guns dont knock you over on earth so they certainly wont send you spinning at deadly rates. -- Posted by Cumulonimbus at 8:02 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from Defenestrator at 9:28 pm on Sep. 6, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 9:32 am on Sep. 4, 2008 Quote: from jonlester31 at 9:18 pm on Sep. 3, 2008 Quote: from allsmiles at 8:04 am on Sep. 3, 2008 It would work. Only, you'd go spinning really fast when you fired it... and that'd probably send your brain into a major stupor. you mean the gun would move around the bullet?    No, you'll experience the same force in the opposite direction, effectively. Unless you hold it exactly central to your body, you'll go spinning backwards really quite fast. Chances are you'd be forced unconscious, or at least temporarily blind.   I highly doubt that it would be that severe.  Guns dont knock you over on earth so they certainly wont send you spinning at deadly rates. Actually, it would be that severe.  There's friction on Earth.   Pages: 1 2  Next