Outer Space has a Smell 274
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."
Take a big wiff (Score:5, Funny)
Good news, everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
Oblig Futurama (Score:4, Funny)
smelloscope (Score:3, Funny)
local sources... (Score:5, Funny)
[Everyone looks at Zoidberg]
Dr. Zoidberg: Hooray! Now I'm the center of attention.
Re:Good news, everyone! (Score:5, Funny)
That's nothing compared to... (Score:2, Funny)
don't worry (Score:4, Funny)
Re:smelloscope (Score:4, Funny)
I hear (Score:2, Funny)
And now... ladies and gentlemen... Carrot Top!!!
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:5, Funny)
If there's tiny molecules of ozone floating around in orbit of the earth, I'm certain that would be scientifically interesting.
Indeed. I'm sure scientists would be astounded to discover that there is a "layer" around the Earth comprised of "ozone".
doez it haz a flavor??? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Take a big wiff (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Take a big wiff (Score:2, Funny)
Comment removed (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I hear (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:5, Funny)
Ozone... around the Earth?
You mean like some kind of... layer?
(Yes, I know, I know. Couldn't help it.
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:2, Funny)
Re:smelloscope (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe in the future, Uranus and Pluto will just be referred to by the phrase, "and the rest", like the professor and Mary Anne from Gilligan's Island.
Re:don't worry (Score:3, Funny)
obligatory 2001 (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Huh? (Score:3, Funny)
Sir, I take my hat off to you.
Re:Take a big wiff (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Implied Lisa? (Score:5, Funny)
Obligatory Star Trek Reference (Score:5, Funny)
Chekov: "One parsec sir. Close enough to smell them."
Spock: "That is illogical, ensign. Oders cannot travel through the vacuum of space."
http://www.badmovies.org/tvshows/startrek/tribbles/tribbles1.wav [badmovies.org] (135 KB)
Re:Take a big wiff (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Implied Lisa? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Implied Lisa? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Implied Lisa? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Sounds Like Ozone (Score:2, Funny)
Re:doez it haz a flavor??? (Score:3, Funny)