Yes I know, I just question whether a bomb could detonate in the vacuum of space.
And, as always, you end up with an argument of incredulity, as if your opinion on a matter that you have not studied or experimented on could be valid in any way whatsoever.
Have you see a bomb detonate in the vacuum of space?
I have seen a super-fast combustion occurring in space. From there to an explosion, it is only a small step.
Have you really?
What kind of bomb caused this?
I would guess that he's referring to a rocket engine, which is often described as a controlled explosion.
You are guessing he's seen a rocket engine working in space?
This can't be right as he describes a super fast combustion and then an explosion.
A rockets fuel simply ignites and then burns , in Earth's atmosphere of course.
Sceptimatic, I think you should admit defeat here. It's getting ridiculous.
Insisting that nothing would happen to two objects between a bomb simply because you feel you must is stupid. I will try and explain this very simply as you have often requested. The energy is in the bomb, when the bomb explodes it releases energy. The energy is transferred to the objects and moves the objects.
You said you accept that something thrown in space would travel forever if uninterrupted. It's the same principal. The energy is in the arm that throws. Just as it is in the bomb. It is transferred from one to the other.
That you think objects either side of the bomb would be unaffected suggests you think that the vacuum is actually full of stuff. Enough stuff to hold the objects in place despite the energy from the bomb pushing against them. Quite contradictory.
If you argue that an explosion cannot occur in a vacuum then you are also wrong. Explosions happen all the time in space, supernovae for example.
Again, all the energy is contained within the star, bomb, arm, rocket, whatever. A firework will even work underwater simply because it carries its own supply of oxygen within its gunpowder. It carries its own energy, which can be transferred.
The vacuum cannot contain or stop the explosion as it seems you are suggesting it can.