littlestymaar 16 hours ago

The initial tweet says:

> we had an oxygen/fuel leak

If that's correct, then you can't just remove air. The only option would be to cool things down so it stops burning.

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  • shellfishgene 15 hours ago

    If it was really an oxygen/fuel mix burning I don't think you can do much of anything to stop that.

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    • littlestymaar 14 hours ago

      If you cooled the mixture at low enough temperature, you'd stop it from burning (like when you pour water on top of a camp fire), but it's not clear how you're supposed to do that in a spaceship where you can't carry a few tons of water for your sprinklers.

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      • ben_w 12 hours ago

        > If you cooled the mixture at low enough temperature, you'd stop it from burning (like when you pour water on top of a camp fire), but it's not clear how you're supposed to do that in a spaceship where you can't carry a few tons of water for your sprinklers.

        Also water would make it hotter, given this is liquid oxygen.

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      • varjag 12 hours ago

        There are other methods too, e.g. fire inhibitors (like Halon or whatever is allowed now) or shockwave to disrupt fire boundary. But I doubt they are very practical on a spaceship.

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