Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!lll-crg!dual!ames!moose From: moose@ames.UUCP (Mary Kaiser) Newsgroups: net.sci,net.space Subject: Re: Re: Would a candle burn ... Message-ID: <1068@ames.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 17:20:29 EDT Article-I.D.: ames.1068 Posted: Tue Aug 6 17:20:29 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Aug-85 22:58:24 EDT References: <53@ssc-vax.UUCP> <1206@sjuvax.UUCP> <1816@aecom.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 16 Xref: linus net.sci:136 net.space:2919 > > > ... in space? > > You'd have to ask the Russians. As long as the Americans use a pure > Oxygen atmosphere (they did thru Skylab, and I believe they still do), this > is one experiment that is not going to be done on the shuttle. > > -- > Craig Werner > !philabs!aecom!werner > "The world is just a straight man for you sometimes" *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR TWO CENTS WORTH *** Actually, the astronauts on Skylab attempted to use some conventional (i.e. no forced-air) gas burners to perform some mineral studies. The burners apparently kept going out. I don't know about the wax melting stuff...too low tech for NASA's taste I guess. Now water bubbles....