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shellfishgene01/17/20251 replyview on HN

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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littlestymaar01/17/2025

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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