FYI: What Does Space Smell Like?

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-01/fyi-what-does-space-smell ^

[OldNewYork]

I love articles like this - unexpected and interesting. Who would have thought?

[Dem Guard]

"spent gunpowder.”

That's it? I would have thought hell smelled like that. ;-)

[Charles Henrickson]

What Does Space Smell Like?

For example, what does Uranus smell like?

[Inyo-Mono]

“Astronauts compared it to spent gunpowder.”Smokeless or good 'ol black powder?

[Steely Tom]

The inside of a high vacuum chamber in any laboratory or factory here on Earth can smell pretty odd when you first open it after you’re finished coating, or melting, or sintering, or bombarding, or whatever. Often the smell is somewhat like burning, or hot metal.

[isom35]

didn’t Spock say there were no odors in space when Chekov said something about being close enough to Klingons to smell them.

[investigateworld]

Hey guys, take this kind of talk over to Jodie Fosters ‘Beaver’ thread ;^)

[KoRn]

One has to wonder whether such smells are unique to our Solar System or galaxy, or if it’s like that pretty much everywhere. I couldn’t imagine it being the same everywhere.

[mnehring]

Finally, a use for the Smelloscope.

[JPG]

You’re right, I love this stuff, too. Plus, you never know when your date or wife will wonder out loud...”Gee, I wonder what space smells like?”

[Redcloak]

I was expecting cheese.

[x]

Green Cheese?

“Recently we did the smell of the moon,” Pearce says. “Astronauts compared it to spent gunpowder.”

Buzz always did have a lively sense of humor ...

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

It would smell like the inside of your lung if ya tried to smell it ;~)

[jboot]

"Smokeless or good 'ol black powder?"

The Apollo Astronauts were almost all AF Pilots or Navy Aviators. Some of them likened the smell of moondust to the smell of spent cannon rounds. Not BP, then.

As I recall, a few of the moonwalkers were concerned over the effects of breathing and ingesting moondust. After a moonwalk the LEM was grotty with the stuff. It was quite sticky.

[Don Corleone]

In response to this news San Fransisco libs have moved to ban all outdoor Bar-B-Que till Al Gore can set up a ‘Space smell exchange fee’./s

[blackdog]

I find information like this to be more valuable for my mental well being than anything else. I’m willing to bet that sleep tonight is going to include this tidbit in my dreams. Much better than politics and world turmoil for a change.

[barbarianbabs]

wow

[martin_fierro]

FYI: What Does Space Smell Like?

It has a certain

[null and void]

The inside of a high vacuum chamber in any laboratory or factory here on Earth can smell pretty odd when you first open it after you’re finished coating, or melting, or sintering, or bombarding, or whatever. Often the smell is somewhat like burning, or hot metal.

Or oddly enough reminiscent of chewing gum (back when it was wrapped in aluminum foil)