Did any one burnt wood pellets in space condition ?

[exper_nw]

Dear community members,

I am doing some kind of research regarding [ADVERTISING LINK REMOVED BY MODERATOR] burning.

We did many tests as to the way to improve callorific value?

What do you think of doing sort of tests in space ?

[JustAFriend]

A quick Google search would have revealed to you that NASA has already experimented with fire in space on the ISS:

http://www.nasaexplores.com/show2_91...=03-022&gl=912

[novaderrik]

sure, they've lit candles INSIDE the shuttle and ISS, but have they tried to do it outside the shuttle or ISS?
that would be a fun experiment..

[cjl]

Not really - the flame will never even start.

[NEOWatcher]

Not really - the flame will never even start.

I can be fairly certain that was a joke. Just like I am fairly certain the OP is just trying to build links to the site.

[torque of the town]

I can be fairly certain that was a joke. Just like I am fairly certain the OP is just trying to build links to the site.

Right on both counts.

[Swift]

Sure, don't you folks remember the steam-powered rocket. I'm pretty sure it burned either wood or coal. I believe NASA abandoned further work because the astronauts didn't want to be shoveling fuel into the boiler.

[torque of the town]

Sure, don't you folks remember the steam-powered rocket. I'm pretty sure it burned either wood or coal. I believe NASA abandoned further work because the astronauts didn't want to be shoveling fuel into the boiler.

Had problems with Escape Velocity if I remember correctly.

[ToSeek]

OP banned and advertising link removed from post. Thread left open since it started a conversation.

[publiusr]

I think wood burning is how they kept warm in Mir.

"Hand me other manual, Boris"

[Maksutov]

I think wood burning is how they kept warm in Mir.

"Hand me other manual, Boris"

Somehow I suspect that the heating was done by burning vodka by means of biological processes.

The recently abandoned Alabama manned space flight program had this as its primary source of heat for the all-white pine capsule.

And don't forget, one needs oxygen and atmosphere to burn anything, two items that are scarce in space.