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Have you
ever wondered what space smells like...?
Many of us expect
space to be a vast, odorless void, but it turns out that
may not be the case.
If you guessed cosmic barbecue,
you're not far off.
For example, here's what someone with 13 spacewalks and
370 days in space thinks - NASA Astronaut
Donald R.
Pettit…
"The best
description I can come up with is metallic; a rather
pleasant sweet metallic sensation.
It reminded me
of my college summers where I labored for many hours
with an arc welding torch repairing heavy equipment
for a small logging outfit.
It reminded me
of pleasant sweet smelling welding fumes.
That is the
smell of space."
Author and EU
advocate
Matt Finn investigates the how and why the
smell of space may be likened to ozone, welding fumes,
or burnt materials due to the chemical reactions
involving the ionization of gases and dust particles.
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