What Would Happen If You Shot a Gun In Space? | Space.com
Now I'm curious about the Russian firearm described in the article. Here is pic of it:
I wonder if US astraunauts get guns issued by the NASA when they are in space.
Nah...I'm betting the shuttle was a gun free zone. It is federal property, after all
He or she should feel free to shoot from the hip. According to Robert Flack, a physicist at University College London, the enormous gravitational field of Jupiter is likely to suck in a bullet even if it is badly aimed. "Jupiter is so huge, it will capture the bullet and then it will follow a curved path down into the planet," Flack said.
It's good to know the accusation that I can't hit the broad side of a barn wouldnt hold up out in space.
Nah then you couldn't hit the broad side of a planet.