[LMB] Talking of Rocket Ship Galileo OT:

[Mark Allums]

Marna Nightingale wrote:
> ... as I was. :)
> 
> How on EARTH[1] is one supposed to fire off rifles and pistols in a vacuum?
> 
> Marna, who can't believe she has never thought of this before.
> 
> [1] Or off it, really.


No problem.  The "powder" in a bullet contains an oxidizer.  In black 
powder, it's the potassium nitrate.  (The "fuel" is the 
carbon--charcoal.  I never knew what the sulfur was for.  A "moderator", 
I guess.)

--Mark Allums