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Re:Debugging a Live Saturn V by egdod on Sunday December 22, 2019 @11:53AM (#21858205)
Was it a flammable atmosphere? Liquid oxygen would have been venting, but there shouldn’t have been any significant fuel in the air.
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Re:Debugging a Live Saturn V by lb1lf on Sunday December 22, 2019 @01:50PM (#21858864)
-Given sufficient oxygen levels, anything is fuel - including engineers...
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Re:Debugging a Live Saturn V by egdod on Sunday December 22, 2019 @01:57PM (#21858903)
Well sure, but a tiny spark in a relay isn’t going to ignite the engineer.
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Re:Debugging a Live Saturn V by Doxin on Monday December 23, 2019 @10:21AM (#21864116)
It might ignite the metal in the relay, before igniting the engineer.
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