ISS Fire Drill to avoid Worse Fire Scenario Aboard
Pankaj , Shimla: Nov 28 2006
Made Popular Nov 28 2006
When your home is an aluminum spacecraft in Earth orbit - hundreds of miles from the nearest fire station - saturating a potential fire early and fast can be a lifesaver. What if the International Space Station (ISS) catches fire, surely the...
Tags: ISS, Space Shuttles, carbon dioxide, foam extinguishers
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Darnell Clayton
Darnell Clayton Nov 28 2006
Wow, this is actually quite scary.

I hear in space fire is ”spherical,” or ball like, because their is no gravity to make it form a tip.

There will no doubt be fires in space, although this should be something NASA should experiment on with one of their space craft (perhaps an old ship or satellite gutted out for the experiment).
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