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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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No necessarily...And the rounds unless fires at the Earth or Moon are still going.
I still want a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.Finally a space cannon !
Don't know what it is about that one but it just Bugs me a little.I still want a Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator.
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.
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!!!
What would stop the round unless it hit something.No necessarily...
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.What would stop the round unless it hit something.
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.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.
Perhaps... but if it went on forevvvvvvver...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.
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.What would stop the round unless it hit something.
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.Perhaps... but if it went on forevvvvvvver...