NASA Is Going To Burn One Of Its Ships And Ignite A Giant Fire In Space Because, science

NASA is fighting fire with fire.

The space agency is launching the biggest man-made blaze in space. It’s the first of a series of experiments in zero gravity designed to address what NASA project manager Gary Ruff calls “one of the greatest crew safety concerns.”

On Earth, gravity gives fire a familiar structure, with colder, denser air falling to the base of the flame and heat rising. But without the organizing principle of gravity, flames in space can be very unpredictable.

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