Cannon fired in space

[The Heretic]

That Time The Soviets Fired A Cannon In Space

In 1975, a cannon mounted to a Soviet space station was fired. It is the only known weapon fired in space.

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[Mark W.]

And the rounds unless fires at the Earth or Moon are still going.

 

[RobMa]

And the rounds unless fires at the Earth or Moon are still going.

No necessarily...

 

[Jason999]

In 2019 the Japanese probe Hayabusa 2 fired its space cannon into the Ryugu asteroid. Filming the destruction caused and then sending a mini probe over to it to gather the dust that was blasted off it.

 

[PORSCHE928S4]

Finally a space cannon !

 

[titsonritz]

Finally a space cannon !

I still want a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

 

[NeoBlackdog]

I'm holding out for the 40 mega joule plasma rifle.

 

[Knobgoblin]

You guys are lame.

Wave motion gun . Space battleship Yamato.

 

[Certaindeaf]

 

[edzz]

I still want a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.

Don't know what it is about that one but it just Bugs me a little.

 

[Stomper]

Call me when they have….

 

[The Heretic]

Call me when they have….


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Some of the SpaceX satellites have lasers (for comms), and more will in the future. Not sure about other satellites, but I would not be surprised that some others do also.

 

[Mark W.]

409 WATTS .......... WOW, that must drain the battery some.

The 2Mhz Marine HF transmitter I worked on was 500W SSB and it took the hair right off my nutz when I leaned against the coax!!!

No necessarily...

What would stop the round unless it hit something.

 

[RobMa]

What would stop the round unless it hit something.

Exactly, it was a blanket statement that said only if it hit the earth or moon would it stop. Many more celestial bodies out there then just the moon and earth.

 

[The Heretic]

Exactly, it was a blanket statement that said only if it hit the earth or moon would it stop. Many more celestial bodies out there then just the moon and earth.

Space is big, and there is a LOT of space between planets, suns and asteroids. The odds against a cannon projectile hitting any of those objects, if it was not specifically/intentionally aimed at them, would literally be astronomically.

 

[BeAFan]

Pretty sure the russians fired a projectile from one of their satellites within the last year or so. Not new news.

 

[RobMa]

Space is big, and there is a LOT of space between planets, suns and asteroids. The odds against a cannon projectile hitting any of those objects, if it was not specifically/intentionally aimed at them, would literally be astronomically.

Perhaps... but if it went on forevvvvvvver...

 

[Mr Smith]

What would stop the round unless it hit something.

Zero gravity in space is a myth. The reality is: there's a lot of gravity in space. You see weightlessness when spacecraft or the ISS is in orbit because they are moving so fast in orbit around earth that they are in a perpetual state of falling. If they were motionless around the earth they would be pulled into the atmosphere and fall. But instead satellites, spacecraft and the ISS orbits at 17,500MPH to maintain orbit without getting pulled in.

There are much larger gravity wells than earth out there...Like the sun, jupiter, etc. An object passing near any of those planets would get pulled off course and drawn into the gravity of those planets. It's that same gravity and high velocity that keeps the planets in orbit of the sun. So an object without thrusters to correct its trajectory would in fact get pulled off course by gravity if it passed anywhere near another planet, moon, asteroid, etc.

 

[partsed]

Wake me up when we have achieved warp technology that really works. And yes, I've read the theories about creating warp drive and warp bubbles.

 

[The Heretic]

Perhaps... but if it went on forevvvvvvver...

As I said (or meant), there is a lot more empty space than there is something material out there for an object as small as a projectile to collide with; only about 0.0000000000000000000042 percent of the universe contains any matter.