The problem is that as we all know every action has an equal and opposite
reaction.

Would thermite burn in a vacuum?

Brian

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JF Mezei formuleerde op dinsdag :
On 13-04-23 02:29, Brian Gaff wrote:
I was a little perplexed by an item on the news the other day about a
plan to fly a harpoon based device to bring down space junk.

They need a vacuum cleaner for that :-)
Would that work in space (in a vacuum environment)?


Umm no. Hence the smiley.

However, the reverse might. An air-puffer to slow down the target a bit
and lower its orbit.





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