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Mass Murder or Utter Stupidity / Chap. 6 p. 44
escaped in 40 seconds but all suffered burns. Two were seriously injured. In addition an
asbestos "safety" blanket caught fire and burned causing one man's hand to catch fire."
"July 1, 1964 — This explosion was at an AIResearch facility when they were
testing an Apollo cabin air temperature sensor. No one was injured. The composition of
the atmosphere and pressure isn't listed, but we have to assume 100 % oxygen (and
possible pressure equal to atmospheric)."
"February 16, 1965 — This fire killed two occupants at the Navy's Experimental
Diving Unit in Washington, DC. The oxygen was at 28 % and the pressure at 55.6 psi.
The material in the chamber apparently supported extremely rapid combustion, driving
the pressure up to 130 psi."
"April 13, 1965 — Another explosion as AIResearch was testing more Apollo
equipment. Again, neither pressure or atmospheric composition is given but a
polyurethane foam cushion exploded."
"April 28, 1966 — More Apollo equipment was destroyed as it was being tested
under 100 % oxygen and 5 psi at the Apollo Environmental Control System in Torrance,
CA."
"January 1, 1967 — The last known test was over three weeks before Grissom-
Chaffee & White suffered immolation. Two men were handling 16 rabbits in a chamber
of 100 % oxygen at 7.2 psi at Brooks Air Force Base and all living things died in the
inferno. The cause may have been as simple as a static discharge from the rabbits fur . . .
but we'll never know."
Of course, NASA's moronic decision to use pure oxygen would play a crucial part in the
deadly fire on Pad 34 a few years later. Never mind that the test was classified as "nonhazardous"
by NASA. Only after Grissom, White, and Chaffee died in that fire would NASA
again change the specs to either 60-40 or 50-50 oxygen/nitrogen mixes at 5 psi, depending
on the sources. "
In pure oxygen at normal pressure even a piece of steel wool will burn rapidly. In fact,
Michael Collins claims that even stainless steel will burn. 12 As mentioned already, an
asbestos blanket, normally classed as fireproof, was consumed when used to smother flames
during an oxygen fire. 13 Pure oxygen is extremely hazardous!
To successfully switch to reduced-pressure breathing of pure oxygen one must first
purge the body of nitrogen. This prevents residual nitrogen left in the body from forming
small bubbles which expand from the decreasing pressure. To deep sea divers this is known
as the "Bends". To avoid this lethal hazard, astronauts must spend some period of time
breathing 100 percent oxygen, at full atmospheric pressure, just before the mission. This is
medically dangerous.
The pressure problem in a space capsule is similar, but opposite, to those encountered in
a submarine. Submarine hulls are deliberately built strong to resist the increasing pressure
at depth. If a submarine hull were as thin as our spacecrafts at 200-feet deep water it would
require an internal pressure of 100 psi — at 300 feet a pressure is 150-psi.
NASA MOONED AMERICA! / Rene