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Originally posted by Conundrum:
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Originally posted by PANissanX:
[b]If you fire a bullet at approx 27,000KMPH it will essentially go into orbit and never land.
Wouldn't that mean that you fired the bullet outward (UP) and not parrallel to the ground? Hence like a rocket.[/b]
No, horizontally. Because of the curvature of the earth, as the bullet drops at the normal speed the earth will have curved beneath it. It will continue to fall forever. Sounds crazy, but that's how orbits work.