[lbo-talk] brain teaser

Andy F andy274 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 8 20:26:02 PDT 2008


On Tue, Apr 8, 2008 at 10:54 PM, John Thornton <jthorn65 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:


> 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.

That's what I thought when I first encountered this puzzle. The oxidizer (saltpeter, originally) is mixed in with the gunpowder . Otherwise not enough oxygen in the air would reach it to make it combust quickly.

-- Andy



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