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July 19, 2012

What Space Smells Like

Astronaut Don Pettit: "It is hard to describe this smell; it is definitely not the olfactory equivalent to describing the palette sensations of some new food as 'tastes like chicken.'
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." -- -- The Atlantic

Posted by gerardvanderleun at July 19, 2012 8:46 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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