Timeline for What kinds of weapons produce little or no recoil that could be used aboard a spacestation?
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| Jun 29, 2018 at 9:31 | comment | added | Ruadhan | @AmiralPatate You are technically correct, the best kind of correct. | |
| Jun 29, 2018 at 8:55 | comment | added | AmiralPatate | @Ruadhan2300 I have to nit-pick but I believe it's the Geneva Protocol you would violate, the Geneva Conventions concern the rights and protections of soldiers and civilians. | |
| Jun 28, 2018 at 13:58 | comment | added | Daniel B | That is why I mentioned that even if they wear gas masks, they’re dead. I do suspect that between the nylon layers and the urethane + nylon layers, a conventional space suit would be decent protection. | |
| Jun 28, 2018 at 11:35 | comment | added | Ruadhan | I'd like to point out that a lot of chemical weapons are quite caustic and will do things like burn through suit seals and damage the shipboard systems, most of the nastier forms of nerve-gas are absorbed through soft tissues and outright bypass gasmasks, hence the existence of NBC suits. They're also a pretty definite violation of the Geneva Convention if you care about that sort of thing. | |
| Jun 28, 2018 at 5:48 | history | answered | Daniel B | CC BY-SA 4.0 |