Farts Astronauts Space Aircraft Could Explode

Because they contain gases that are flammable, believed to be an astronaut farts terakulumasi and trigger an explosion in the spacecraft. Therefore, the diet must be adjusted so that an astronaut is not a lot of fart.
Gas-flammable gas that can be found in, among others, hydrogen gas and methane. When terakumukasi in a confined space, they can increase the pressure and when it reaches the most extreme conditions could theoretically trigger the explosion.
Given the spacecraft made very close to the air does not come out, then the astronauts believed to be in danger if too many fart. If both flammable gas that accumulates, it is feared an explosion will occur in the spacecraft.
This risk can be prevented by eating a diet or menu selection, such as studied by two nutritionists in the United States, Edwin L Murphy and Doris H. Calloway. Both compared the diets of astronauts in 2 different flight missions.
The study, published in 1969 showed, the difference in diet can make the composition of fart gas in different astronauts. In this study, both types of diets that are used are distinguished by a specific code that is diet S and diet F.
"Within 12 hours, the astronauts who eat a diet S 3-206 mL of hydrogen released from the anus and 24-156 mL of the lungs. With diet F, hydrogen is produced only 0-3 ml of the anus and 6-36 mL of lung lung, "the researchers said as quoted from the site io9, Tuesday (17/01/2012).
The researchers did not mention any differences in diet that contained both types of diets. But in theory, the production of digestive gases are expelled through a fart can be increased when a lot of eating cabbage, tubers and soft drinks.
In addition to hydrogen and methane, in general, farting is also composed of a variety of other gases are mixed together. Some types of gases found in farts, among others, oxygen, and hydrogen sulfide which gives odor.
These gases are produced by bacteria in the digestive tract, as a result of the decomposition of amino acids, glucose and fatty acids in the stomach. Someone can still be considered normal if the issue fart gas between 0.5 liters to 2 liters a day.