Re: Velocity of a falling bullet

John Larkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 18:18:14 -0700, Jim Thompson
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 19:59:10 -0500, "Paul R. Mays" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Don A. Gilmore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> Hi Doug:
>>>>
>>>> In a vacuum, the bullet will strike your head at the muzzle velocity!
>>>This
>>>> is just as if you had put the gun to the top of your head.
>>>
>>>
>>>Only if that Vacuum were far removed from any gravitational well
>>>in which case it would never stop and come back at cha...
>>>
>>>If fired UP it would at some point STOP and have 0 velocity
>>>at that point, even in a perfect Vacuum , it will reach its terminal
>>>velocity at the point it ...well .. terminates..  and that is when
>>>it strikes the ground.  which is calculatable and magnitudes less
>>>than Muzzle velocity....
>>>
>>>You need a few more days in Physics class and study
>>>old Newtonian Laws of Mass and inertia because if you
>>>were right dropping a hammer on the moon would be a deadly act.
>>>
>>>
>>[snip]
>>
>>Eh?  Who is it that needs to study Physics ?:-)
>>
>>A bullet fired vertically in a vacuum has no "windage" and would
>>arrive back at ground level at the muzzle velocity.
>>
>>                                        ...Jim Thompson
>
>Conservation of energy.
>
>Why is it that people who say 'you need a lesson in...' or 'you don't
>know anything about...' are usually wrong?
>
>John

You'll note the reply from Mr. Mays.

Such a refreshing difference, compared to those, to whom your
statement usually applies.
Would that we could all, just occasionally say, "oops". :)

Jim