Re: A question for those interested in physics...
From Dave Bird <dav...@xemu.demon.co.uk>
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· 26 Mar 2002 22:37 · View full thread
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In article<x7Vn8.1094$sO2...@news.xtra.co.nz>, Robert Bowmaker <rob...@dse.gen.nz> writes: >Firing bullets straight up is a common occurence in many situations (i.e. >warning shots, shooting at the sky during a funeral for certain people etc.) >The question is: What actually happens to the bullet? Does it go into space? >Does it fall back down? Does it burn up? None of the above? A bullet fired upward at an angle, especially a shallow angle, can lose its upward velocity quite soon (because gravity is decelerating it hard) while its horizontal velocity remains large (because air resistance is decelerating it quite gently), often large enough to kill or injure: people have been killed or injured in this way. You should avoid firing live rounds into the air in built up areas, as opposed to open country, because what goes up must come down somewhere. Planned firing for effect e.g. at funerals uses blank rounds Follow-ups considerably trimmed. In article<Pin...@esther.rad.tju.edu>, Dr. Michael Albert <alb...@esther.rad.tju.edu> writes: >They come back down, and they are quite capable of injuring people >and damaging property. > >In the city where I live, a few years back a child got a very >serious head injury (the bullet penetrated the skull) from >a bullet apparently fired into the air for a New Year's >celebration. (Sorry, I don't know the outcome). -- . . : : ,; . : ' ___. uno, dos, tres, |FUEGO| .:. .:. .:': :' .:':' :. . : (") #oH| ' ' :' : :' : .::. H_ ~~~| < > __ ,;;,. \\::// R_) | '-|"""(") {__}::===== ....'''' ' ' ' ___..\||/....L\. ...| ____||--|_'--/__\___ '' .--'''::::::::::::::::::::: \ / /////////////S.Coronado///// ;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^ LRon Hubbard is shelled by goats in hell <www.xemu.demon.co.uk/clam/ >
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