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Fire Burns Differently In Space

Posted by timothy on from the half-as-long-twice-as-bright dept.

New submitter black6host writes with this interesting snippet from Space.com: "NASA is playing with fire on the International Space Station — literally. Since March 2009, the space agency's Flame Extinguishment Experiment, or FLEX, has conducted more than 200 tests to better understand how fire behaves in microgravity, which is still not well understood. The research could lead to improved fire suppression systems aboard future spaceships, and it could also have practical benefits here on Earth, scientists said."

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  1. There is no FIRE IN SPACE YOU DUMBA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh my god what are you idiots d

    1. Re:There is no FIRE IN SPACE YOU DUMBA by stealth_finger · · Score: 5, Funny

      There goes stop drop and roll, would be more like Stop and remain motionless.

      Pretend the fire is a T-Rex.

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  2. Obligatory by mattie_p · · Score: 5, Funny

    Screaming is different, too, from what I've heard. Or did I?

  3. Re:Why? by N0Man74 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Are you referring to the WDEHTBSSAA effect?