I don't believe they ever ran at 16 psi gage. The capsule was designed to run pure oxygen at the same partial pressure as on earth, which meant around 3 psi, absolute in space. I believe the tests were run at 3 psi over atmospheric, or about 17.7 or so absoute.
Would not 30 psi absolute of oxygen be deadly? Marshall James-Osborn: Holmes-Junior wrote: > It is reported that in one shuttle accident, when they were running an > atmosphere of pure O2 at 16 psi above atmospheric, one fellows hand---not > glove---caught on fire. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marshall Dudley [mailto:mdud...@execonn.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 9:36 PM > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: CS>Oxygen, Burn or Explode? ELABORATION > > This is true. I have seen steel burn brilliantly several times in oxygen. > > Marshall > > Albert Peirce wrote: > > > The danger of an oxygen rich atmosphere is that any combustion > > reaction is intensified! I believe that Gus Grissom and several other > > astronauts died as a result of an electrical fault (short circuit) in > > a confined space that was oxygen-rich and that everything that was > > combustible (wire insulation, seat covers and foam padding, paper and > > clipboards, etcetera) burned with incredible rapidity and intensity! > > Check with AGA or one of your local welding suppliers to see if they > > are offering any educational demos on the dangers of combustible gases > > and oxidisers (oxygen). Well worth the time! Regards, Al... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Wayne Fugitt" <wa...@fugitt.com> > > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 8:26 AM > > Subject: CS>Oxygen, Burn or Explode? > > > > > Morning Tish, > > > > > > >As a former welder, sucking up oxygen should be done with great > > > >care as just about anything burns in the presence of pure oxygen. > > > >All it takes is a spark and - WA LA - no more hair and a serious > > > >burn. > > > > > > You mean, burn, not explode, I suppose. Can you elaborate a bit? > > > > > > Many materials cannot be ignited easily with a spark. > > > > > > If you mean, explode, then most gases have a narrow range of > > > concentration that can produce an explosion. > > > > > > I had a chart of these different gasses and the concentration > > > range required to produce an explosion at one time. > > > > > > I use oxygen in my den when walking on the treadmill. I have > > > intended to do a concentration percentage, using the 5 liters per > > > minute and the volume of the room. > > > > > > In this case, I don't think the hazard is nearly as great as I > > > have > > been > > > led to believe by the non-technical. > > > > > > There is a gas heater about 25 feet away. Sometime I turn it > > > off, including the pilot. > > > > > > Wayne > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal > > > silver. > > > > > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: > > > http://silverlist.org > > > > > > To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com > > > > > > Silver-list archive: > > > http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > > > > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com> > > > > > >
