[meteorite-list] Burn't cookies not off topic

From: mark ford <markf_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Oct 12 11:38:34 2006
Message-ID: <6CE3EEEFE92F4B4085B0E086B2941B3159FF20_at_s-southern01.s-southern.com>

It either be the oxygen rich environment in the space capsule reacting
with solar wind components and gases from space etc, or just the smell
of air from the 02 tanks and plastic hoses etc.
 
However the Apollo Astronauts reported a burnt Gun power smell from the
Apollo moon dust, but none has been reported on samples here on Earth,
so probably the oxygen just reacted with the charged moon dust and
altered it. I believe (Correct me if I'm wrong) Most of the Apollo
sample containers actually leaked to a small degree due to moon dust
being in the seals so I doubt we have any [truly] pristine Lunar
samples, to test this with, and I am sure they naturally wouldn't waste
the material to try it anyway!!

I get no smell from my lunar slices except a 'rock' dust smell, which is
pretty much the same as any other meteorite!

Mark




-----Original Message-----
From: ks1u [mailto:ks1u_at_prodigy.net]
Sent: 12 October 2006 14:59
To: mark ford; meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Burn't cookies not off topic

This is a fascinating observation. Since we need molecules, or at very
least clumps of atoms to detect an odor (something which grosses me out
every time I walk into a public restroom) I wonder what it is that is
imparting the odor? This would be a great NASA Shuttle experiment.
There
has to be a way to gather enough of what is producing the odor to
determine
what it is. Maybe it's just space dust, but I think it would be
worthwhile
to find out for sure the elements involved.

George
Received on Thu 12 Oct 2006 11:31:17 AM PDT