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From: braman@dataio.UUCP (Rick Braman)
Newsgroups: net.space
Subject: re: Would a candle...
Message-ID: <740@dataio.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Aug-85 05:51:43 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  1 05:51:43 1985
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> > ...the current space program uses a pure O2 atmosphere...
> 
> "That turns out not to be the case."  Apollo and Gemini and Mercury used
> pure O2, but even on those, it was at reduced pressure in space so that the
> partial pressure of O2 was about the same as on Earth.  While sitting on the
> pad, it was a different story, the complete telling of which would include
> the Apollo I fire.
>     ^^^^^^^^
> 	ARPA:	fisher%dvinci.dec@decwrl.ARPA

Don't you mean Apollo 7?

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