[meteorite-list] Burn't cookies not off topic
From: Pete Pete <rsvp321_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Oct 12 12:26:35 2006 Message-ID: <BAY104-F40D2C3EB966BAD7C3F3BC4F8150_at_phx.gbl> Olfactory hallucination. She was having a stroke! Cheers, Pete From: "mark ford" <markf_at_ssl.gb.com> To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Burn't cookies not off topic Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:31:17 +0100 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 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list _________________________________________________________________ Buy, Load, Play. The new Sympatico / MSN Music Store works seamlessly with Windows Media Player. Just Click PLAY. http://musicstore.sympatico.msn.ca/content/viewer.aspx?cid=SMS_Sept192006 Received on Thu 12 Oct 2006 12:26:24 PM PDT |
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