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NotAHamsterAtAll t1_ja2fdfw wrote

Reply to Explosions in space movies? by DemonOfTheAstroWaste

A normal fire cannot burn in space - correct.

Can things still explode in space, with a fireball - yes. If some oxidation agent (like oxygen) is present in the gas mix.

Would it look like it does in the movies - probably not.

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Delicious-Day-3332 t1_ja2a0mg wrote

Reply to Space station crew welcomes replacement Soyuz amid Crew Dragon launch preps in Florida by _Analystica

NASA has GOT to maintain our crews' own means of 'back & forth.' It's just a matter of time til Putin's insanity gets focused on fucking with the space program. The cosmonauts understand the importance of maintaining trustworthy cooperation, but I have serious doubts about their superiors in Moscow who have to deal with screwballs in the Kremlin & Putin.

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ForceUser128 t1_ja29lrl wrote

Reply to comment by free__coffee in Explosions in space movies? by DemonOfTheAstroWaste

Due to distances involved though, any sound would be delayed similar to a lightning strike on earth, but much worse because there is no real medium for the sound waves to propagate through but rather the atmos and molecules themselves moving through mostly empty space.

Also, at best, you might hear a thud rather than an explosion due to you being contained in a sealed, pressurised container (aka a ship). And even then, it'd more likely be from solid debri rather than from the very sparse (comparatively) atoms and molecules of an explosion.

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