Here’s what would happen if you fired a gun in space 

Boomerang: I will always come back to you. Space Ak 47: Hold my beer.

**Fires minigun in space**

i came here because of that one meme *Hear gun clicking in the back "It always have been"

Odds on sending a bullet perfectly in orbit =0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008965% Odds of appearing in the video 99.99999999999999999%

"Wait... Its all ohio!?" "Always has been." *gets knocked back* "WHEEEEEE"

Ah yes, the .50 cal Smith & Wesson automatic pistol we all know and love.

Watching this cause I just fired my ak in space, by Jupiter rn

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"In space, no one can hear you scream."

Imagine rapidly shooting a gun in space and suddenly piercing through some random satellite because of how much force you were accelerating at

"wait...its a snail?" *cocks gun* "always has be- and im flying away now."

They really said “be careful of your aim” like I really had this on my bucket list.

I know everyone is making jokes about how unlikely it is that anyone will ever shoot a gun in space, but this seems like a great video for science fiction writers.

Be careful with guns in space? Awe I’ll just put my AK away and go back into the ISS...☹️

Thanks for the advice I'll be sure to be careful when I go on my next space shooting event.

Sounds like we have the first PSA for guns in space

What do we learn from this kids? Be careful when firing a gun in space!

Well I just wasted nearly 2 minutes of my time.

Am I the only one that searched this after the "always has been" meme?

"Moon's haunted"

gotta be some spinning involved. im sure he'd spin. wouldn't he spin?

Depending on the caliber, you might indeed hear it due to the gasses produced by the combustion of the powder. Some of the sound would also be transmitted from the gun to your hands. It wouldn't be very loud, but there would almost certainly be a sound. Someone a couple feet away would probably not hear anything though.

Note to self: never bring your AK to space😉🧐 📝

Always has been

Well the speed at which you would be launched back at depends on your mass too

What if we mounted all the 50. Cals on the moon and shot them all at the same time??? We can spin the moon!

So that’s what happen to the “always has been” guy

"Wait the gun works?" "Always has been."

Astronaut1: Wait it's all ohio Astronaut2: always has been *shoots gun* Astronaut2: weeeeeeeeee

It would be very difficult to hold the gun at your precise center of mass, which is what you'd need to do to not start spinning. The further from your center of mass you hold the gun, the more spin, and the less linear movement.

*Its Always has been*

imagine being so basic as to think the sound from the gunshot wouldn't be audible through the suit that is both encasing you and holding the gun.

no shock wave in space? doubt about it, expanding gases could make you feel something perhaps low freq sound

Thank you for the last info I was about to fire someone in space

Kars: *I'm safe from Stroheim. He can't hurt me here.* Strohiem's bullets in space:

What happens if you are in deep space (not in an orbit) and fire the gun? Does the bullet just continue on for like a million plus years until it somehow hits something or gets pulled into some random planets orbit?

Can't vibrations from the gun go, through the uniform, inside you helmet where you can then hear some sound?

Yes the bullet can fire in space. The powder from bullets is sealed inside the case (airtight and watertight), also the powder has oxygen chemically binded in its molecular structure. The fire cap needs only mechanical shock to explode, no oxygen. No, the bullet will absolutely NOT hit you. In orbit, if an object has greater speed than you, it also means it has a higher orbit. If you fire the bullet forward, it will go faster than you (obviously) relative to an observer, and also higher. If you fire the bullet backwards, it will go into lower orbit. So in the Space Shuttle, when they wanted to go back to earth, first they decelerated by firing the boosters at the nose of the ship, lowering the orbit till they were inside the upper atmosphere, and from that point the friction of the atmospere kept the deceleration without the nose bousters.Then it was a matter of flying or rather gliding to earth. Now, you can imagine the difficulty of docking to the space station.

Wait, its all physics? It always has been

Wait so pistols recoil knock you back in space?? Always have been

WHEN YOU PLAY CALL OF DUTY : GHOST.

I ll make a little assumption... -if you are fire from a standard position (with the gun leveled with your shoulder) you will be sent slowly spinning backward, because the recoil is applied on your upper body, above your center of mass.

"Wait... It's all debris?" *gun click noise "Always has been"

"be careful in space with guns" 99% of people watching knowing they will never make it there

You'd actually be able to hear the vibrations of the gun.

I wonder how many people came here because the "always has been" meme got them thinking about it

We'll try this one day

I have a final exam tomorrow (not even related to space or physics) and hear i am, watching this

spoiler: it fires

The chances to be hit by your own bullet are very low. Space is big and the orbits aren't ideal.

Rip the first guy to shoot a gun in space Gun went into orbit and shot em in the back

Wait do bullets even work in space? Always have been.

I wanted to know the velocity of the bullet being fired in a vacuum which of course they did not mention... the velocity of a bullet on earth is much different than in space. There is no air resistance or gravity to slow it down. Only the friction of the barrel.

Dying in space from a bullet that curved the earth is probably the best suicide idea

“Be careful with guns in space” damn there goes my plans 😐

There is sound in space. There is just no air to carry it.

Heh! Call of duty ghosts please explain this

if you shot that bullet randomly into space and there are no orbits to catch the bullet wouldnt the bullet just go on for eternity at the same speed it left the barrel.

"Be careful with guns on earth and in space" me remembering Call of Duty: Ghosts

imagine if you can hear guns from earth. its probably like a massive nuke llaunching

This video was definitely made by someone who doesn’t know anything about guns

a 1,600 or a 1,300 mph bullet is WAY to slow to go into orbit. The video is flawed. Low earth orbit speed would be approx. 17,500 mph.

When u can't reach the space shuttle and your jetpack almost put of fuel

Business Insider is where I get all my physics trivia

Solution: Keep Americans out of Space

im fairly certain that a weapon would not fire in space

One of those 3am thoughts

"Wait, it's all *insert here ?" "Always has been."

Shooting a Smith & Wesson 500 in space, HELL YEAH!

" Be careful with guns in space " How'd he know I'd grow in and become an astronaut and bring a gun to test it out in space!!!???

Thanks for the warning, I was going to try shooting in space but now I won't.

Thank god I learn this, now I can be careful next time when I shoot in the space.

The shoot in the back scenario was an unexpected and nice surprise to this video.

Good to know if you're planning to be a space shuttle door gunner in the new space force!

“Be careful with guns on earth” Laughs in north korea

Imagine drifting off in space with nothing and gravity just ain’t pulling you in but then your like oh I got my ak-47 here I’ll just shoot it then you just start going back to earth

I'm just an astronaut with a rocket launcher

Space battles would be annoying. One minute you are shooting at any enemy then bam, three months later a random torpedo takes out a colony on some distant planet and you are charged with it.

"Wait, the thumbnail is from a meme?" "Always has been." *Gunshot*

still haven't watched the vid but if youre shooting a really heavy gun you would just go s p e e n

"be careful with guns on earth and in space" noted, will definitely do so in the near future

When you are NEO in the SPACE...

Best guns in space safety video I've seen in a while.

Just coming here to touch up on my knowledge for space force

I'd be the type of person to accidentally make that mistake though

The gun must have a second explosion to counter the force.

Note to Business Insider: That's a Sig Sauer P226 graphic you have in place for a S&W 500 magnum.

Imagine shooting an rpg in space, you would reach mars bruh

How fast will it loop around though?

Imagine having a ring like Saturn's made up of .223's, 9, .45 and 50 cal bullets

Pretty sure you will hear a boom of some kind as the sound waves travel through the gun onto your suit, and into you..

Dude its a back up way of thrust i wonder what happens when you fire blanks

Thanks for the football field measurement. Really helped me understand.

Thx for answering questions I always had as a kid

i thought it would just carry on going forever until it hit something

Cod ghost with space mission: don't trust anyone

I see guns as a potential Jetpack in space

crewmate: no im going to die! imposter:*shoots* crewmate: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH-oh *bullet still floating* imposter: this may take awhile

It wont fire because there is no oxygen in space, no oxygen no fire...... Harvard : Do you want a scholarshipe?

Now we need to mount a 16 inch gun an a space ship so I can become a space marine