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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It would because (1) there is gravity in space, (2) his balls and some person's fist are both inelastic, and (3) the impulse generated by the mass of his balls.