Fire Burns Differently In Space 146
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."
There is no FIRE IN SPACE YOU DUMBA (Score:5, Funny)
Oh my god what are you idiots d
Re:There is no FIRE IN SPACE YOU DUMBA (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Why? (Score:5, Funny)
Are you referring to the WDEHTBSSAA effect?
What's the big deal? (Score:5, Funny)
We all know what to do if a fire breaks out in a spaceship or station. Didn't you people watch Red Planet?
You grab your fire extinguisher, point it at the fire, release the locking pin, pull the handle and get propelled across the room due to no gravity holding you in place and the fire retardant being ejected from the nozzle
Come on you geeks, get with the program!
Re:Don't Yank our Funding (Score:3, Funny)
Don't like money spent on basic science? Go live in a yurt.
We all know what a yurt is, but the types that you are referring this question to will laugh at you thinking you can't live inside a yogurt...
Ob "benefits here on earth" debunking (Score:5, Funny)
Re:There is no FIRE IN SPACE YOU DUMBA (Score:5, Funny)
There goes stop drop and roll, would be more like Stop and remain motionless.
Pretend the fire is a T-Rex.