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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EQUIPPED WITH FIREARMS
(how would a gun work in space?)
http://www.wesh.com/news/15298911/detail.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station apparently have access to a gun. Russian Cosmonauts carry a gun on their Soyuz space capsule, which is attached to the space station. Every spacecraft carries survival gear for crash landings, and the Russian Soyuz has a kit that includes the gun. A photo of a space tourist using one version of the weapon is posted on his Web site. But although the gun has been there for as long as the space station has been in orbit, its existence is kept quiet. NASA and Russian officials won't talk publicly about it. Former NASA engineer Jim Oberg, who is an author and journalist, wrote about the gun on his Web site. He said the gun has no place in an environment where people are under such high stress. "There have been cases of severe psychological strain on people in space, strain that they have taken out -- that their shipmates worried about the ultimate actions," Oberg said. Experts said the idea of an astronaut losing control was unthinkable until one year ago, when Lisa Nowak shattered the myth. Her own attorney said she was insane when arrested for hunting down another woman, and prosecutors said she was armed. Nowak had flown in space just seven months earlier. Oberg knows an astronaut bent on orbital manslaughter could simply throw any number of switches to do the job, but he said the crews would be safer if the gun was locked up or left on Earth. The gun is located in a survival kit between some seats aboard the Soyuz spacecraft. All the crewmembers know about it, and U.S. astronauts who fly aboard the Soyuz are trained to use it. -- Rob Cypher robcypher.livejournal.com aka "Ben" the dxm abuser on A&E's _Intervention_ RESISTANCE IS FUTILE - YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED |
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EQUIPPED WITH FIREARMS
On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:04:16 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
"*" *@*.* made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: (how would a gun work in space?) Exactly the same way it works on earth. |
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EQUIPPED WITH FIREARMS
"*" *@*.* wrote in message ... | (how would a gun work in space?) How would your brain work on the ground? |
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EQUIPPED WITH FIREARMS
"*" *@*.* wrote:
how would a gun work in space?) Just like it does on the ground. -- "Some people get lost in thought because it's such unfamiliar territory." --G. Behn |
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EQUIPPED WITH FIREARMS
"*" *@*.* wrote in message ... (how would a gun work in space?) The same way it works on earth. Gunpowder contains its own fuel and oxidizer so it can go "boom" without any oxygen atmosphere. Jeff -- A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. -- Einstein |
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INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EQUIPPED WITH FIREARMS
On Feb 15, 8:04*am, "*" *@*.* wrote:
(how would a gun work in space?) http://www.wesh.com/news/15298911/detail.html CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station apparently have access to a gun. Russian Cosmonauts carry a gun on their Soyuz space capsule, which is attached to the space station. Every spacecraft carries survival gear for crash landings, and the Russian Soyuz has a kit that includes the gun. Not really that difficult to understand, since The Russians always believed that ICBMs havs something to do with space. Which is why ABM, Computerized Chess, and Laser-Guided Lasers were invented for the wanks. A photo of a space tourist using one version of the weapon is posted on his Web site. But although the gun has been there for as long as the space station has been in orbit, its existence is kept quiet. NASA and Russian officials won't talk publicly about it. Former NASA engineer Jim Oberg, who is an author and journalist, wrote about the gun on his Web site. He said the gun has no place in an environment where people are under such high stress. "There have been cases of severe psychological strain on people in space, strain that they have taken out -- that their shipmates worried about the ultimate actions," Oberg said. Experts said the idea of an astronaut losing control was unthinkable until one year ago, when Lisa Nowak shattered the myth. Her own attorney said she was insane when arrested for hunting down another woman, and prosecutors said she was armed. Nowak had flown in space just seven months earlier. Oberg knows an astronaut bent on orbital manslaughter could simply throw any number of switches to do the job, but he said the crews would be safer if the gun was locked up or left on Earth. The gun is located in a survival kit between some seats aboard the Soyuz spacecraft. All the crewmembers know about it, and U.S. astronauts who fly aboard the Soyuz are trained to use it. -- Rob Cypher robcypher.livejournal.com aka "Ben" the dxm abuser on A&E's _Intervention_ RESISTANCE IS FUTILE - YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED |
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