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Old May 24th 05, 07:31 PM
Derek Lyons
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"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

Of course then there is the Mir fire, where the "candle" WAS the oxygen
source and as such had no trouble burning.


It wasn't really a 'candle' (per se), but a source of pressurized
oxidiser and fuel. (I.E. the published descriptions sound to me like
the O2 candle was acting as a (small) SRM.)

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