Now I'm wondering how far a regular military grenade launcher could lauch grenades on the moon

moritonal 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

About six times further with zero drag. So 3.6Km, or from Buckingham Palace to St Paul's Cathedral.

yokoprime 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We could also say it's about a 15 minute run for a healthy person

	▲	dmos62 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Few people run at 13 km/h. Your qualification regarding health is doing a lot of work here.

Since there is no atmosphere even a bit further.

	▲	LoganDark 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That's already what zero drag meant

tetha 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

And the follow-up question: Could it put one into a moon orbit if done right?

	▲	mattmaroon 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There are a few guns that exist that could achieve the necessary velocity (just shy of 4,000 mph) but they’re not handheld. But yes, it would be possible for the right gun to fire a bullet that went around the moon and hit you in the back of the head.

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