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One Particle in a Vacuum
I recently watch a lecture by Neil Tyson where he said the closest thing we have to a vacuum is interstellar space. I believe he said there will be one atom per 1 cubic meter or something close to ...
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Is it possible to use a powder-based firearm in space?
A firearm relies upon some kind of explosive powder to drive the slug out of the barrel.
My guess however is that in space (at GEO, or higher) a firearm would be unusable due to the extremes of ...
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If I take a bottle of air into space, and open it, where does it go?
It seems to me that space doesn't have any/much air, and if my bottle is full of air, when I open it, where does the air go?
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What would ACTUALLY happen to a person jettisoned into space?
[insert obligatory statement of my lack of knowledge in physics]
Alright, so we have all seen the movies where someone gets blasted out of the airlock on their starship, or their suit decompresses ...
