NASA news: ISS experiment suggests ‘fire more dangerous in space’
The research will help predict how fires might spread in low gravity.
Dr Paul Ferkul, of the Universities Space Research Association, who is working on the project, said: “That is the immediate and most practical goal since NASA can use the knowledge to improve material selection and fire safety strategies.”
Gravity normally pulls colder denser air to the base of the flame, displacing hot air, which rises.
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