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Do matches work on the moon?

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14y ago

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Without an atmosphere or oxygen, a match wont even spark, or even light up.

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No. For fire you need three things, heat, fuel and oxygen. There is no oxygen on the moon.

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I believe the distance from Earth to the moon is 238,000 miles. You would have to know the length of the particular matches being used, and divide that into the distance.

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