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Posted by: ken158
I thought that bullets need atmosphere to travel and hit a target.
Where did you get that assumption? And I'm not insulting, I'm just curious.
This subject isn't my forte, but so far as I remember from what I cared to pay attention to, the only things that need atmosphere to travel in are items transmitted by waves, with the exception of the electromagnetic spectrum. We're talkin' sound, basically.
Projectiles might be less effective, because the combustion rate from each individual bullet-fire would quickly be dissipated by vacuum, but the only real problem I see with that is the question of if combustion-based weaponry could fire at all in vacuum. No oxygen, no boom, unless they use compressed gas. Which would still negate the full ability of the weapon, y'understand.
Anything physical, touchable, can travel in vacuum. If the gun could fire in the first place, the bullet can reach its target. Although aiming would be a piece of hell, what with spin rate from the gun firing and the ease of changing velocity and direction in a vacuum. Gawd, it'd be horrendous.
[Edited on 01.03.2011 8:11 PM PST]