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On 4/9/2012 11:33 AM, Antares 531 wrote:
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> This chair thought experiment would apply in deep space if the person
> could survive the vacuum conditions. For a similar thought experiment,
> contemplate a large loaded gun being somehow lost or dropped into the
> vacuum of deep space, then after it had floated free form the source
> that dropped it, let it somehow fire a bullet. Would the gun "kick"
> back as the bullet accelerated through the gun's bore? You bet it
> would! But, the bullet doesn't NEED any atmosphere to press against in
> order to push the gun in the opposite direction. It is all a matter of
> action-reaction. The bullet is accelerated in one direction and the
> gun is accelerated in the opposite direction. The bullet is analogous
> to the gasses being expelled by a rocket engine in deep space and the
> gun is analogous to the rocket.   Gordon


Very thoughtful anecdote, Gordon.  I predict Warhole will dismiss it out 
of hand.








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