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Japan Has Invented A Space Cannon | UPROXX
"Building a ballistic weapon in space is harder than it looks. Despite what you might think, a gun would work in space; lack of oxygen isnt the issue. Temperature, however, is. Its pretty hard to make something blow up when its at absolute zero; thats why most space weaponry thats actually been proposed and built tends towards lasers or railguns, which are less sensitive to temperature and also more appealing to the eight-year-old in us all.
Fortunately, Japan doesnt want to blast your house from orbit. They want to blow a big-ass hole in a space rock."
Japan Has Invented A Space Cannon | UPROXX
"Building a ballistic weapon in space is harder than it looks. Despite what you might think, a gun would work in space; lack of oxygen isnt the issue. Temperature, however, is. Its pretty hard to make something blow up when its at absolute zero; thats why most space weaponry thats actually been proposed and built tends towards lasers or railguns, which are less sensitive to temperature and also more appealing to the eight-year-old in us all.
Fortunately, Japan doesnt want to blast your house from orbit. They want to blow a big-ass hole in a space rock."
