[meteorite-list] Burn't cookies not off topic

[mark ford]

It either be the oxygen rich environment in the space capsule reacting
with solar wind components and gases from space etc, or just the smell
of air from the 02 tanks and plastic hoses etc.
 
However the Apollo Astronauts reported a burnt Gun power smell from the
Apollo moon dust, but none has been reported on samples here on Earth,
so probably the oxygen just reacted with the charged moon dust and
altered it. I believe (Correct me if I'm wrong) Most of the Apollo
sample containers actually leaked to a small degree due to moon dust
being in the seals so I doubt we have any [truly] pristine Lunar
samples, to test this with, and I am sure they naturally wouldn't waste
the material to try it anyway!!

I get no smell from my lunar slices except a 'rock' dust smell, which is
pretty much the same as any other meteorite!

Mark




-----Original Message-----
From: ks1u [mailto:ks1u at prodigy.net] 
Sent: 12 October 2006 14:59
To: mark ford; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Burn't cookies not off topic

This is a fascinating observation.  Since we need molecules, or at very 
least clumps of atoms to detect an odor (something which grosses me out 
every time I walk into a public restroom) I wonder what it is that is 
imparting the odor? This would be a great NASA Shuttle experiment.
There 
has to be a way to gather enough of what is producing the odor to
determine 
what it is.  Maybe it's just space dust, but I think it would be
worthwhile 
to find out for sure the elements involved.

George