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Outer Space has a Smell

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the anosmia-sucks-in-space-too dept.

repapetilto writes "ISS Science Officer Don Pettit reports in his journal that outer space gives off a smell best described as "a rather pleasant sweet metallic sensation." Kind of odd considering smell is supposed to be due to volatilized chemical compounds."

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  1. Prof. Farnsworth's a genius! by Ost316 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I say it's time to build a Futurama-style Smelloscope.