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Old 15th December 2025 | 03:56
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jimjim1
 
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Originally Posted by admikar
Pure oxygen is not a problem under 10 bar of pressure.
I notice that -- The Apollo 1 fire which killed three astronauts in 1967 occurred in an oxygen atmosphere at about 1 bar.

"After the hatches were sealed, the air in the cabin was replaced with pure oxygen at 16.7 psi (115 kPa), 2 psi (14 kPa) higher than atmospheric pressure"
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