https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/02/22/important-scientific-question-of-the-day-3/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usThu, 11 Jun 2026 21:31:45 -0400<![CDATA[If you do the latter, Newton&#8217;s third law dictates that the force exerted on the bullet will impart an equal and opposite force on the gun, and, because you&#8217;re holding the gun, you. With very few intergalactic atoms against which to brace yourself, you&#8217;ll start moving backward (not that you’d have any way of knowing). If the bullet leaves the gun barrel at 1,000 meters per second, you — because you&#8217;re much more massive than it is — will head the other way at only a few centimeters per second.]]>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:10:30 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/02/22/important-scientific-question-of-the-day-3-n90300