This was a serious conversation at my job today. My boss says that since there is no gravity in space the force would just push the punched and the puncher away from each other with no damage taking place. I say the force will be lessened but it will still cause damage.
Thoughts?
Edit: this thread now stands as a monument to my bosses lack of physics knowledge and my lack of confidence in my knowledge of physics.
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In space? If you mean in shuttle, then yes, It will hurt just as bad, your not in water, so your fist can still lash out at high speed (also the sensitive part is not the dick... -.-) Gravity does not cause the problem on earth, it is friction (which gravity helps enforce) that give you the extra momentum b pushing off the floor to maintain your forward momentum with your fist without the force pushing you back. (If our surrounded by air, or have small arms but some body weight, it is not going to matter when your in space, will hurt just as much)