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TOP GUN?

carl — 2/14/2008 5:25:13 PM (archived)

If you fire a gun in zero G without bracing yourself would it propel you backward direction ?

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The whole thread (10 posts)

Space Station Crew Can Access Gun - Eric - 2/14/2008 5:16:52 PM
- Didn't the Apolloâ€™s carry handguns? (n/t) - REB - 2/14/2008 6:59:33 PM
  - re: Never heard of it (n/t) - Raoul - 2/14/2008 7:33:36 PM
    - I think I read about it in a couple of books. - REB - 2/14/2008 7:43:55 PM
- Meant for the Soyuz return if they landed among wolves or bears - Raoul - 2/14/2008 5:30:43 PM
  - Or, if there is a - Buck Galaxy - 2/14/2008 9:01:35 PM
    - The Soviets know very well what a leak means: Soyuz 11; Mir in 1997 - Raoul - 2/14/2008 9:40:19 PM
- TOP GUN? - carl - 2/14/2008 5:25:13 PM
  - Conservation of momentum, p = mv - ER - 2/14/2008 6:28:44 PM
    - Russian ASTRO SPIES had BIG GUN - carl - 2/14/2008 7:41:38 PM

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