- Author
- Kashiwagi, T.
- Title
- Suggested Approach for Fire Safety of the Space Station.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Book or Conf
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center. International Microgravity Combustion Workshop. January 25-26, 1989, Cleveland, OH, 1-5 p., 1989
- Keywords
- reduced gravity | space stations | fire safety | fire detection | fire fighting
- Abstract
- Although fire behavior in a microgravity environment might be significantly different from that at normal gravity and there is not as much information available as for a normal gravity environment, the fire safety study of the Space Station could be much more well-defined than that for building fires. The internal geometrical configuration of the Station is limited to a few possibilities compared to the almost limitless numbers for building configurations. Another important feature is that contents and their location are well specified for the Station compared to buildings. This allows a detailed, scientific, fire safety study of the Station to be feasible. Also such a study is desirable for the safety of the crew (no possible immediate evacuation from the Station) and is cost effective due to the extremely high building cost of the Station.