What Does Space Smell Like?

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  1. Justin_Hale

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    Justin_Hale, Jul 30, 2012
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  3. wildmoonflower

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    Interesting thought!
     
    wildmoonflower, Jul 30, 2012
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  5. StpLSD25

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    Hmm.. well I'm sure it has to do with the compilation of different gases.
     
    StpLSD25, Jul 30, 2012
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  7. wildmoonflower

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    For some reason, I visualize it smelling like DMT lol
     
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    For the most part space is a vacuum , so something from space only has a smell when it is in breathable air . desert rat
     
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    Space smells like a long, long time....
     
    zombiewolf, Jul 30, 2012
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    Being a vacuum, space itself can't actually have a smell, but after reading the link, I guess the things that travel through the vacuum import something to the material floating in space. Odd, lol
     
    Unufalready, Aug 12, 2012
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    I think that's just the inside of their spaceship they can smell...Outer space really smells like maple syrup waffles...
     
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    There is a space in my basement that has a very unusual odor of mold....
     
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  19. Justin_Hale

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    Also, wheat toast with butter and strawberry jam.

    :drool5:
     
    Justin_Hale, Aug 12, 2012
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    interesting: Ive always thought space would smell like hydrogen. or welding gassed. maybe like Agron too.. metallic and dry.
     
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  23. skip

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    Space smells like God's farts...

    And when She created our universe, She had the runs real bad.

    So bad, it's still being flushed down the black holes.

    That's what happens when your dumps are infinite...
     
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    After reading the article, I'm pretty sure what they're smelling is the exterior of their own spaceship giving off particles due to the activity of cosmic rays and other phenomena. So of course it's going to smell metallic, like welding fumes. If they were to just be floating in space and get picked up by something that wasn't metallic, there might not be any smell.

    It could also be from microscopic space dust, since there is so much metal existing in our solar system (lots of iron around our part - the core of our planet for example). If they were orbiting a gas giant like Saturn the smell would be different in that part of the solar system. (Their restaurants don't smell like steak!)
     
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    yes, I was thinking this also.. As the ships cargo hold could be exposed to open space. however, in order for the astronaut to breath. vacuum and pressure has to be adjusted to sustain life. As well pure oxygen will create a metal taste in the mouth..
     
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  29. Gyro Gearloose

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    Hello,

    the metallic taste might be caused by the radiation ;).

    Regards
    Gyro
     
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    hip hippie hooray..
    [​IMG]
     
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  33. Gyro Gearloose

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    Hello,

    they just wanna play ;).

    Regards
    Gyro
     
    Gyro Gearloose, Aug 12, 2012
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    Yep. Space isn't a total vacuum. As I think that's actually impossible.
     
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    space smells like everything.
     
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  39. sammiewammie

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    i read somewhere that some Apollo astronauts have agreed it smells like gunpowder
     
    sammiewammie, Aug 13, 2012
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