Hello Wayne,

WC>-> WC>I suggest a duel between us.
WC>-> WC>I get to pick the location, distance and weapons.
WC>->
WC>-> WC>I chose Brunswick 16 pound bowling balls at 400 paces.
WC>->
WC>-> WC>My location: The 40th floor of the Sears Tower in Chicago.
WC>-> WC>Your location, directly beneath me on the ground floor.
WC>->
WC>-> WC>You may fire first!
WC>->
WC>-> That reminds me about a science fiction short story I read
WC>-> a while back.  It was a duel between two astronauts, on an
WC>-> asteroid.  Naturally, the setting was on the surface of the
WC>-> asteroid.  And naturally, each astronaut was throwing rocks
WC>-> found on the asteroid's surface at each other.  I'll let
WC>-> you figure out what happens when astronauts throw rocks at
WC>-> each other while on the surface of an asteroid that has no
WC>-> atmosphere...

WC>Nor gravity so equal and opposite force reaction applies.
WC>Thrusting backwards.

There is some gravity.  But not much.  In any event, think more about
the rock's trajectory.  What happens if a rock is thrown too hard?

WC>Man who shooting gun in space is a man going places.

Now that is what you would call going backwards...

--Lee


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