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minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoIt also reportedly smells like gunpowder.
minus-squareprayer@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoBurned or unburned? They are two distinct smells.
minus-squareCatoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoBurned, according to the astronauts. I don’t know if the exact mechanism has been published anywhere, but since spent gunpowder has been oxidized I imagine that’s what’s going on with the dust as well.
It also reportedly smells like gunpowder.
Burned or unburned? They are two distinct smells.
Burned, according to the astronauts. I don’t know if the exact mechanism has been published anywhere, but since spent gunpowder has been oxidized I imagine that’s what’s going on with the dust as well.