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If an astronaut fired a shotgun at Earth from orbit....
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<blockquote data-quote="Aldebaran" data-source="post: 74610771" data-attributes="member: 251418"><p>That's exactly right! It's also why spacecraft need heat shields to prevent them from burning up when re-entering the atmosphere, even though they are just slowing down the craft just enough to fall out of orbit. A shotgun blast would be doing nearly the same thing, relatively. The 1600 Feet per second or so of the shotgun load wouldn't add much to the 17,000 MPH that just staying in orbit requires.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldebaran, post: 74610771, member: 251418"] That's exactly right! It's also why spacecraft need heat shields to prevent them from burning up when re-entering the atmosphere, even though they are just slowing down the craft just enough to fall out of orbit. A shotgun blast would be doing nearly the same thing, relatively. The 1600 Feet per second or so of the shotgun load wouldn't add much to the 17,000 MPH that just staying in orbit requires. [/QUOTE]
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