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... heat rather than warm the air. Air is circulated by fans, passed through lithium hydroxide and charcoal canisters to remove carbon dioxide and odors, and then sent through a heat exchanger where the heat is transferred to a water loop. The water is then sent to another heat exchanger where the heat is transferred to a Freon loop similar to household air conditioners. Freon transfers the heat ...

There is static electricity in Space. It comes from rubbing certain things together and building up an electrical charge. This happens whether there is air or no air. There are electrical storms that come indirectly ... on the earth like lightning storms. But there is no lightning in space because lightning comes from charges in clouds, and clouds come from air, and there is no air in space. ---- Answer provided ...

Actually, there is oxygen in space; however, the majority of it has already been captured gravitationally by stars, planets, or other celestial bodies. So space is almost a perfect vacuum, but gas and ... say, there isn't very much oxygen in outer space, but there is some. And the reason there isn't more is simply that the gravity of all the other various celestial objects out there, including ...

There is no wind coming from air, so there is no wind in space. There is a solar wind, and right now scientists are trying to see if they can use this wind to push a rocket with a special type of windmill. There are other ...

There is always a flight commander who is in charge overall. But there is also a chief science officer, reporting to the commander, who is in charge of the scientific or engineering missions during a trip ...

... studying galaxies and their gravitational effects on each other we can predict that there are many more galaxies than there are stars in our galaxy—400 billion. Andromeda and the Triangulum ... 35 galaxies that form what we call the Local Group. The Local Group, in turn, is part of the Virgo Supercluster which contains around 100 similar groups of galaxies. The largest ...

There are simulators that look like the interior of the ship and simulate the cockpit displays ... , or will at least have one on hand for people to train in. In addition there are desktop computer-based simulators that can also teach you a lot about what your ... private spacecraft, and give you a sense of what your flight will be like is called Orbiter. It is free online and can be found at www.orbitersim.com. You may have ...

... about 250 miles above the Earth. In a few years there will be more people living in the ISS. Then there will be a private space hotel and then several others. In 20 years there should be well over 100 people in Earth orbit ...

Since there is no oxygen in space, and we need oxygen to feed a fire, there are no fires found in space. This does not mean we should not be concerned about fires on board manned spacecraft which have oxygen-laden atmospheres. There was an extensive and almost disastrous fire on board the Russian MIR Space Station that ...

High in the upper atmosphere there is the opposite of global warming— there is global cooling. ---- Answer provided by Robert P. McCoy, Ph.D. Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question ...

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