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Q:
What does a match look like in space?
- Looke
WI
A:
Looke -
The flame of a match in space will look spherical. (The match
itself looks like a perfectly normal match!) To find out why this
happens, check out the answer
Candles in Microgravity.
-Tamara
p.s. I'm assuming here you're talking about a match lit inside a
space shuttle. A match in the vacuum of space itself would have no
flame, as there is no oxygen there to burn.
(published on 10/22/2007)
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