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Spacecraft Materials Fire Safety

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Spacecraft Materials Fire Safety

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Fire safety in spacecraft, and in future Lunar and Martian habitats, is of critical importance to the mission objectives of NASA. A fire in a spacecraft has had, and will continue to have, dire consequences to crew safety if the ignition hazards and fire growth potential are not carefully controlled through spacecraft and habitat material choices and design from inception. The physics of ignition, flammability, and fire in microgravity, and especially partial gravity (between 0g and 1g, such as on the Moon or Mars), are difficult to study in Earth gravity and therefore present unknown risks.

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