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Apollo 1 was particularly bad because they were attempting to simulate relative space pressure on the ground. So they pushed the internal pressure up to 20 psi of pure O2 (sea level is ~15 psi).

That is something like ~7 the Oxygen density of normal air. Things burn hot and fast in that environment.




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