The Smell Of Space

[Mister Obvious]

https://www.popsci.com/science/article/2...pace-smell

They describe it as "bitter, burnt, rum, raspberries, gunpowder"...

To me, that sounds like the ozone from plasma balls when you touch them:

[Mister Obvious]

I bet that smell is coming from the sun.

[Dark Dick]

Yep, all the fine interstellar dust from exploded stars, and their orbiting planets that get caught in the supernova.

Some interstellar dust might also come from stars and planets that get caught in the event horizon of black holes.

They get grounded up like in a coffee grinder and some of the dust escapes.

[Mister Obvious]

I personally absolutely love the smell of ozone.

It fills me with wonder and a sense of belonging knowing that space smells that way.

And the burnt steak part?! Holy...

Like.

That's what heaven smells like, yo...

[Mister Obvious]

Yep, all the fine interstellar dust from exploded stars, and their orbiting planets that get caught in the supernova.

Cuz I mean think about it...

It's fucking SPACE!

Where's the smell gonna go??

Um, nowhere.

I mean, EVERYWHERE.

Infinitely.

It's gonna be traveling infinitely preserved/intact.

Agh, my God.

Doesn't it sound delicious??

[Dark Dick]

The dust is freeze dried in a vacuum, so when you inhale a sample the moisture in your nose activates it.

[Mister Obvious]

That would explain why it's so powerful and leaves such an impression on these astronauts!

[zenba]

I WOULDN'T TRUST ANY FREEMASONS GETTIN HEPPED UP ON SPACE FARTS

[Mister Obvious]

SPACE

GOAT

FARTS

[user328]

This astronaut says it may be the out-gassing of trace substances from the metal walls of the airlock when it's exposed to the vacuum.

1:57

[Mister Obvious]

The guy's got an important point...

Besides, it's technically impossible to know what space smells like anyway.

It's not like you can step right on out there and take a big deep breath full of space air!?!

[user328]

In another part of the video, he describes what would happen to you if you went out there without a spacesuit on. It's even worse than what the movies portray.

[Dark Dick]

So space smells like assteroids.

[user328]

Does hydrogen have an aroma? That's probably what it smells like.

[Mister Obvious]

5:00 duuuude, this is CRAZY. I have never realized this before. The way he explained how he's been around the sun while in space for 6 months!?

Whooooaaa.

So basically they hitch a ride on the orbit of the Earth and then that takes them ALL THE WAY AROUND THE FUCKING SUN THOUGH?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

[Mister Obvious]

[Mister Obvious]

6:11 "the first Canadian to command a space ship"...

HE COMMANDED A SPACE SHIP.

THAT'S SO HOT OMG IT'S SO FUCKING HOT I CAN'T STAND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mister Obvious]

HE COMMANDED A SPACE SHIP.

I MEAN JUST THE WAY IT SOUNDS.

WTF, JUST INCREDIBLE.