subject: ...ever seen fire in zero gravity?
posted: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 20:57:06 +0100
..me neither, but now I've seen a photo:
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/images/spiral/flames.gif
more:
NASA Scientists Discover Spiral-shaped Flames
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast12may_1.htm
How would fire behave in a zero-gravity, normal-atmosphere
environment?
http://www.sciam.com/askexpert_question.cfm?articleID=000C0CB4-5D56-1C72-9EB7809EC588F2D7
If you lit a match in zero gravity, would it smother in its own
smoke?
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_360.html
A Hot Topic in Space Travel
http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/labnotes/1102/spacecraft.html
Fire on the 'Vomit Comet'
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-07/uosc-fot071504.php
ISS Learns from Mir's Flame-Up
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviationspace/dde95b4a1db84010vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html
- Stu
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