Oxygen and sparks don’t mix. I thought this was learned in 1967 in Apollo 1.
Don’t they teach this common knowledge to surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses?
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We all know oxygen is part of most combustion process.
So the question came up? If a space walking astronaut fires your standard handgun in space. Will the gunpowder ignite and fire the projectile ? Or will the lack of air impact and prevent the gunpowder from igniting ?
Don’t they teach this common knowledge to surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses?
You sure do expect a lot out of people, in this new age of diversity, affirmative action, feelings, and bribing your way through school, who has time to study arcane knowledge like that?
It’s a Brave New World! hold on tight.
I think Joseph Priestly discovered that long before Apollo 1.