• Question: do nuclear weapons work in space

    Asked by mboromax to Col Op, Elie, Floris, Jenn, RocketRich on 15 Mar 2016.
    • Photo: Elie Allouis

      Elie Allouis answered on 15 Mar 2016:

      Yes they do as they are based on the fission (energetic splitting) of nuclear material, unlike powder that would require oxygen to burn..

    • Photo: Richard Moss

      Richard Moss answered on 16 Mar 2016:

      But there would be no mushroom cloud shape, as this is dust from the ground pulled up by the tremendous heat.

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