NASA’s Flame Extinguishment – 2 (FLEX-2) experiment is designed to study the characteristics of burning fuel droplets in space, aboard the International Space Station. But under certain conditions, it looks an awful lot like
the crossguard lightsaber from the trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII.
@ISS_Research tweeted the comparison earlier today:
This week was our first MDCA FLEX-2 Binary-Droplet Array test. We think the results look familiar…#episodevii pic.twitter.com/RjQLDRsuFg
— ISS Research (@ISS_Research) December 21, 2014
For what it’s worth, NASA’s image sure looks like it pokes some serious holes in Stephen Colbert’s single blade theory.
https://gizmodo.com/stephen-colberts-defense-of-the-new-lightsaber-is-delig-1665665109
