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Can you light a torch in space?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

You cannot light a wooden torch in space because there is no oxygen to support the burning. A normal electric torch would also fail to work if its temperature had dropped too low as the batteries wouldn't produce enough current.

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