9mm at 41 miles.

[TKM]

http://www.ammoman.com/9mm-luger#space

Somebody could probably feel that.

[bridgeport]

As our Vulcan friend Spock would say, "Fascinating".

[BillyGoatCrawler]

I would like to see a video of a gun shooting in space or on the moon.

[JMP]

In theory, a firearm can be of good use in space as it can provide a source of propulsion for the shooter. Of course, I cannot validate this through any real life experience.

[God Bless America]

I always wondered if shooting bullets from space, towards earth, would make visible meteors.

[jdben92883]

How would you get past TSA?

I always wondered if shooting bullets from space, towards earth, would make visible meteors.

[pacrat]

Kewl Starry Bra

After reading the starry bra I think ammoman's "best physicists" need replacing.

Jet stream travels west to east. So the balloon landing 41 surface miles west of New Jersey launch was not by "wind drift". Or it would have landed far out in the Atlantic.

I'm guesstimating that another force was also acting on the balloon's location, but not directly on the balloon. With the earths rotation going west to east. As soon as the baloon left the surface, the land under it started racing eastward. Moving the balloon westward in relation to the land under it. While at the same time the jet stream was trying to push it eastward in relation to the land.

In four hours the event horizon travels across 4 time zones. Without a jet stream. The balloon would have landed in the Pacific off the coast of Washington after a four hour flight.

My semi educated, but none the less fairly ridiculous guesstimation is that the jet stream and the rotational velocity of the earth reached a compromise and dropped the balloon 41 miles west of launch site.

That's my story and I'm stick'n to it.

[SonofWWIIDI]

Flying ammo?!?


There oughta be a law...oh wait in kommiefornia, there probably is.

[Pauliedad]

Legit?

[74c5]

I always wondered if shooting bullets from space, towards earth, would make visible meteors.

Yes, if it is in orbit. It'll be somewhere between 17,000 and 25,000 mph (fps is just under 1.5 times those numbers). The really fast meteorites are north of 35,000 mph.
Everything that goes up comes down and, leaves a flaming trail so, a bullet would too. Problem is, the shooter is going to get recoiled in the opposite direction if not grounded.

[robert101]

I think the Russians are right to carrying a gun in space. Have you seen Aliens?