[lbo-talk] brain teaser

[John Thornton]

shag wrote:
> today, I was in training and had to do a group exercise. all these training 
> sessions are starting out with brain teasers. this time, it was a scenario 
> where you're stranded 200 miles from the mothership, docked on the lighted 
> side of the moon. you have 15 items which you have to rank in importance in 
> terms of how they will help you make the 200 miles trip.
>
> i won't do the whole exercise, just the most fun part. According to NASA, 
> why would you need two .45 caliber handguns on the moon?
>
> best answer gets the bottle of scotch Max has owed me since 1998. :)
>
>
> http://cleandraws.com
> Wear Clean Draws
> ('coz there's 5 million ways to kill a CEO) 

Propulsion!

Actually since the moon has no atmosphere and the powder in a .45 cal 
doesn't create it's own oxygen I don't see how a gun could fire on the moon.

John Thornton