Gun fire in space

Subject: Gun fire in space

Date: Tue Dec 29 14:02:53 1998
Posted by Steve Williams
Grade level: No grade entered.
School: College of the Redwoods
City: Crescent City State/Province: California
Country: US
Area of science: Other
ID: 914961773.Ot

Message:


In the movie Armagedon, on multiple occasions there are guns 
fired. Would a gun actualy discharge in space, if so what would 
the results be. I ask because it is a weightless enviornment. 
Also the lack of O2 to allow the powder to burn.

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