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To: ClearCase_guy

The rocket wasn’t even fueled when the Apollo 1 fire happened.


6 posted on 08/09/2018 9:18:38 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Moonman62

The Apollo 1 fire happened because the combination of 100% oxygen atmosphere, way higher than normal pressurization and way too much exposed flammable material result in a fire that killed the astronauts very quickly. The Russians found out the hard way some years earlier in a space simulator when a fire broke out in a 100% oxygen atmosphere.


9 posted on 08/09/2018 9:42:15 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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