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NASA's Invisible Fire Detection
- In the 1970s, NASA employees walked around with broomsticks to detect invisible hydrogen fires.
- Hydrogen flames burn with a pale blue flame that is almost invisible, so broom heads catching fire indicated danger.
NASA's Fart Researcher Story
- Edwin Murphy researched astronauts' methane-producing farts due to fire risks in spacecraft.
- He created a special bean meal and even patented a fart gun for detecting methane emissions.
Farts Trigger NASA Alarm
- An accidental hydrogen water deluge was triggered by an engineer's robust flatulence at NASA.
- The hydrogen leak detector was actually sensitive enough to detect human farts, causing millions in damages.