Re: [HOE] Unity Question... [PEG/SHANE/WHAT THE HECK, EVERYONE!]

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

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> >Now, Junker-Built Lasers and Blasters are most likely (As in, "Alright, 
> >darn it, they work!"), and Rail Guns are *SURE* to work, but I'm talking 
> >your regular Firearms here.  Seeing as they operate off an explosion, most 
> >likely requireing oxygen, then I'd say no, but, lacking good, scientific 
> >knowledge on the subject...
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> Okay, I'm not expert, but from how I understand it the reaction when a 
> bullet fires is a chemical reaction.  So I belive they will work just fine 
> in space. As you pointed out though, Make sure your PCs are tethered to 
> something before they shoot at anything or else they might take a long tour 
> of the cosmos.

Well the reason you need oxygen is to burn something. As pointed out when
you fire a bullet you're not *quite* burning something. The chemical
reaction is a bit different. IIRC from chemistry the chemicals in the
gunpowder actually provide all the fuel needed to fire it. A good check
would be if a gun would fire underwater, which I think it can, provided
the gunpowder stays dry. But I could be way wrong though, some of you
military types should be able to say if a gun can fire underwater at
least.

Here's one: How accurate would a gun fired in space be? Normally the spin
of the bullet stabilizes it in flight. This is because of conservation of
angular momentum, but I think it's also because of the air currents
passing over the bullet.

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab, Safety Warden (Bldg. 85)


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