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The samples are meant to survive the vacuum of space but can't handle some weather? That seems unlikely.
by onepointsixC 3y ago
The samples are meant to survive the vacuum of space but can't handle some weather? That seems unlikely.
- robertlagrant 3y agoHow erosive is the vacuum of space meant to be?
- timschmidt 3y agoYou mean that place that smells of burnt metal and is full of hard radiation? Surface of Mars is definitely more hospitable.
- iancmceachern 3y agoNot less erosive though.
- BuildTheRobots 3y ago> Overall, astronauts often compare the smell of space to "hot metal, burnt meat, burnt cakes, spent gunpowder and welding of metal," according to Steve Pearce, a biochemist and CEO of Omega Ingredients, who combed through astronaut interviews to help him craft a NASA-commissioned scent: https://www.livescience.com/space/what-does-space-smell-like https://www.livescience.com/space/what-does-space-smell-like Guess I'm one of today's 10,000.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoThey made a perfume of it. https://eaudespace.com/ https://eaudespace.com/
- alfiopuglisi 3y agoWouldn't it be the smell of space suits and space stations, rather than space itself? I don't think astronauts have tried to breath the few particles in the vacuum.
- timschmidt 3y agoThe smell is apparent when one doffs their suit after a spacewalk.