Sorry for broken english I hope you understand me 🙂
I was wondering if its possible to shoot a handheld weapon or something “easy to get” and shoot it from Earth to get the bullet to hit the oxygen free space.
Is it even possible in any way or is it near impossible?
If so can this bullet become a high risk object that could damage or even destroy satellites once its in space?
Did we ever launch something to space without propelling it all the way up there? (once propelled on earth it doesnt get any more help flying up there)
In: Physics
Lets take the speed of a 9mm bullet to be 380m/s (metres per second).
Escape velocity from earth is around 11.18573km/s (kilometres per second).
11185.73 / 380 = how much faster a 9mm will have to go in order to reach terminal velocity which is about 29.4 times faster.
However, the explosive energy to launch this projectile to that speed will be far far greater than 29.4 times.
And since there is an equal and opposite reaction, having a hand-held device that can contain the explosion… you will probable have the gun recoil at the speed of a 9mm bullet.
Tldr: Staying close to anything that will reach terminal velocity will have a terminal outcome
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