Another historical breakthrough, China's space station conducts a "burning" experiment, and foreign media laments that the United States lost

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On February 16, 2023, China welcomed its first flame ignition experiment on the space station, which not only marked progress in China's aerospace research field.

It also means that China is narrowing or even surpassing the achievements of Western countries such as the United States in the field of aerospace science. Even American media and Biden have to admit that the United States is lagging behind China in space science research.

Ignition is an ordinary thing in people's daily lives. With simple professional training, many people can even complete ignition without the use of modern tools.

But to ignite flames in space and complete scientific experiments is not as simple as on Earth.

This is because igniting in space poses a huge safety hazard. After a flame is ignited on Earth, people can use various tools to extinguish the fire.

However, it is very difficult to extinguish a fire in space. In the history of human space, there have been multiple space fires that have caused equipment and huge casualties.

At present, there are two main methods for extinguishing fires on space stations. The first method is to use extinguishing agents made of substances such as carbon dioxide, dry powder, and inert gases to extinguish the flames.

The second method is to use an inert liquid similar to water to extinguish space flames. Although this method can protect the environment, it is expensive.

It is important that once a fire is triggered, smoke can quickly spread throughout the spacecraft, causing difficulty for astronauts to breathe. At the same time, a large number of precision space instruments may also face damage under the influence of flames and dust.

For this reason, China had already formulated a detailed fire escape strategy when the space station was established, and prepared special protective clothing for every astronaut.

Not only can it withstand fire damage, but it can also block toxic gases. At the same time, the shelter also provides a large amount of oxygen and food water, allowing astronauts enough time to wait for ground rescue.

However, as the result of research by the Chinese aerospace team, the safety of the Mengtian space capsule in this regard can be described as very high.

In order to safely conduct ignition experiments in space, a combustion science cabinet has been specially installed. As long as scientific experiments are conducted here, scientists can perfectly control the flames and extinguish them anytime and anywhere.

Since the ignition time in space is so dangerous, why does China still engage in related experiments in space? This is because space ignition experiments can promote the fire prevention work of space stations and research in materials science.

Due to the absence of gravity in the space station and the absence of gas differences in the air, flames are relatively stable in the air. The direct manifestation is that the flames on Earth are in the shape of water droplets, while the flames in space are similar to elliptical spheres.

In this way, scientists can better observe the essence of combustion, as the role of combustion in current human society can be described as too significant.

The vast majority of electricity we use in our daily lives comes from thermal power generation, and even spacecraft sent into space use ignition equipment.

By observing the nature of combustion, scientists can more effectively optimize the combustion system, allowing oxygen and fuel to fully combine.

This can improve the efficiency of energy utilization, and after understanding the principles of combustion, scientists can also develop more efficient space fire extinguishing methods.

The greater significance of avoiding disasters such as space fires from happening again lies in the development of new materials. According to the plan of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Dream Lab will have to complete more than 40 combustion experiments before 2023.

These experiments will accumulate the first batch of space experimental data in the field of microgravity combustion in China, and these data will be applied to the fire resistance performance of new materials in the future.

These sound very lofty theories are very important, and they are likely breakthroughs in these theories that will bring huge changes to our lives.

As the Mengtian experimental module that undertakes this task, it also undertakes more tasks for China's space research, in addition to the field of space combustion.

In the future, China will continue to conduct space research in areas such as space materials and space radiation biology, further enhancing China's achievements in the field of aerospace science.

It is precisely because of China's rapid progress that Americans are a bit flustered, after all, it has not been long since the International Space Station. It should be noted that the plan for Americans to join the Chinese space station has not been approved, once the United States loses the International Space Station.

At least for a long time, the progress of the United States in space science research will be greatly reduced, which will give China more time to surpass the science and achievements of the United States.

Of course, this is not that China is being cautious, after all, China has also accepted other Western countries to join the space station, and even Japan has agreed, so naturally it will not target the United States.

Expanding from the field of aviation science to the current scientific competition between China and the United States, China has never been afraid of such competition.

At present, the lag in science is more due to the lack of research time in science. It should be noted that science is not a shortcut that can be taken.

It requires the gradual accumulation of time and technology, and what China currently lacks the most is time. If we can give China more time to develop, we believe that China will catch up with the world in more scientific fields.

At that time, no one dared to easily impose scientific sanctions and blockades on China anymore.

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