MadSci Network: Physics
Query:

Re: What will be the shape of a lit match inside an orbiting space vehicle?

Date: Sun Mar 11 17:49:28 2001
Posted By: John Pojman, Faculty, Chemistry, University of Southern Mississippi
Area of science: Physics
ID: 984058986.Ph
Message:

A candle will burn in an orbiting space craft but very differently.  NASA 
has done these experiments:
 http://microgravity.grc.nasa.gov/combustion/cfm/cfm_index.htm

A paper airplane would float around the cabin.  If it were thrown, its 
wings would generate lift that would cause it to move "up", 
perpendicular to the direction it was moving.


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