Re:Smoke seen for miles as SpaceX Crew Dragon suffers anomal...
by Someone on Sunday April 21, 2019 @10:57AM
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”a liquid-oxygen drenched cigarette basically explodes when lit”
Doesn’t seem to be true. At the least, that’s isn’t guaranteed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t48QWjtoVfw
Afaik there is no Helium COPV on Crew Dragon.
Edit: after checking because of Someones comment, it turned out that cigarettes do not explode when drenched with LOX, they just burn brightly not unlike a flare.