There's a gun on the ISS... fact.

I'd love to see what would happen if a spacewalker fired off a shot.
I wonder what would happen?

You may be thinking about a submarine....

Nah you see submarines are built with 2 hulls. A bullet would only pierce the inner hull.

P.S.~~~why would an air marshall be on a submarine?

That's just silly talk.



I know a guy who was in the armed forces (British) and they told me about the effects different missiles/shells have on tanks.

Inside the tank when the hatch is closed its a sealed "vacuum"........and when some types of shells penetrate the armour (the hole is pin sized)..........anyone inside is instantly vapourised and sucked out through the hole.

I hope this isnt classified info.

theres something inherently disturbing about that, i think id rather take my chances on the ISS :shock:

I'd love to see what would happen if a spacewalker fired off a shot.
I wonder what would happen?

If a gun was fired in the vacuum of space (outside the ISS) ..........would the bullet even exit the gun.

Infact the firing cap on the bullet would not even ignite without the presence of oxygen.

So the safest place to be shot at with a gun is in space.

UNLESS of cource you were shot with a bullet that creates its own oxygen bubble around it.....................kinda like a missile fired from a submarine.


theres something inherently disturbing about that

There really is.....................ISNT THERE.

I'd love to see what would happen if a spacewalker fired off a shot.
I wonder what would happen?

If a gun was fired in the vacuum of space (outside the ISS) ..........would the bullet even exit the gun.

Infact the firing cap on the bullet would not even ignite without the presence of oxygen.

So the safest place to be shot at with a gun is in space.

UNLESS of cource you were shot with a bullet that creates its own oxygen bubble around it.....................kinda like a missile fired from a submarine.


theres something inherently disturbing about that

There really is.....................ISNT THERE.

The gun would go off all right. The cartridge has all it needs to detonate internally. The person who fired it though would be pushed back by the recoil and flung into space. Newtons laws of motion and conservation of momentum.

The gun would go off all right. The cartridge has all it needs to detonate internally.

BUT no oxygen to support combustion.

The gun would go off all right. The cartridge has all it needs to detonate internally.

BUT no oxygen to support combustion.

All you need is a fuel and an oxidising agent to make a bang. In principle you could fire a flintlock rifle in space with ordinary gunpowder (carbon, sulphur and potassium nitrate). The carbon and sulphur act as a fuel, the potassium nitrate supplies the oxygen. Modern munitions use more complicated chemistry but the principle is the same.
( :shock: I hope homeland security aren't watching this, I could find myself in cuba :shock: )