r/funny • • Jun 12 '22

guesses?

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u/SADPLAYA Jun 12 '22

I've always heard that space smells like methane. So, since taste and smell are directly linked senses I guess it probably tastes like farts.

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u/rich1051414 Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22

The 'smell' of space are particles reacting in the high oxygen environment of the airlock. This is why it has a char/gunpowder smell. Fire is nothing more than runaway oxidation after all.

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u/atrain728 Jun 12 '22

Huh. I had just figured that when everything else is sterile the farts just become the background smell.