Question

Can You Fire a Gun in Space?

Answer 1

yes gun can be fired due to its own oxidizer inside gun powder that helps in creating blast and energy to fire gun like cracking crackers inside water is common nowadays

Answer 2

Short Answer: Yes

Explanation: Guns don’t require oxygen to work so the vacuum of outer space will not a problem. The gunpowder is completely self-contained and doesn’t depend on the atmosphere. The gun will work better in space. The bullet will not have to compress or push the air in the barrel and it can travel infinite distance in space. Because, it is in the space, it will curve eventually.

The orbit of the bullet will be different (depending on speed and position of the bullet) from the orbit of the person who fired it. Firing in the straight direction of orbit will result eccentric orbit and because the Universe is expanding continuously (73 kilometer per sec per megaparsec) the bullet will never stop and will travel forever alone.

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