Fire In Space

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Fire in space. Fires in space are not the same as fires on earth but the best way to fight any fire is to keep it from starting. They stay blobby and spherical. Fire is a different beast in space than it is on the ground. This buoyancy is what makes a flame long and pointed here on earth.

As hot gasses from a flame rise they create air currents that bring fresh air to the fire. Fires can t burn in the oxygen free vacuum of space but guns can shoot. Http ve42 co epzerog check out physicsgirl s. There have been experiments says nasa.

When flames burn on earth heated gases rise from the fire drawing oxygen in and pushing combustion products out. Nasa deliberately set a fire in a spacecraft to see if a smoke eater and carbon dioxide scrubber could make future moon missions safer for astronauts. Modern ammunition contains its own oxidizer a chemical that will trigger the explosion of gunpowder and thus the firing of. In low gravity situations there is no buoyancy from flames.

At the salyut 3 space station a machine gun was test fired by the soviet union and the test went well. Recent tests aboard the international space station have shown that fire in space can be less predictable and potentially more lethal than it is on earth. A fire in space is different than a fire on earth. The experiment called spacecraft fire.

In a zero g plane i experimented with flames and slinkies with surprising results. And without natural convection flames. Check out e penser s video. If the reasoning is not enough to convince you there has been an incident where a gun was fired in space in 1974.