Yahoo Autos NASA Plans to Light a "Large Scale Fire" in Space
When Orbital ATK's Cygnus spacecraft launches later this month, it's going to bring a whole bunch of experiments to space, but one in particular should be exciting. It is, in essence, a big box of fire.
NASA made a reference to the project in a press call this afternoon, referencing how it would very much like to light a "large scale fire," but before you think too hard about that scene from Gravity, it's worth going over the actual plan which does not involve setting the ISS ablaze, but it is still pretty cool.
The Spacecraft Fire Experiment (or Saffire) has been in the works for a while now, and this video from NASA's Glenn Research Center lays out the basics:
