Comments on: Space smells like steak http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: PaulR http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310538 PaulR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310538 Maybe the smell comes from all the microscopic body parts floating around, leftover from all sorts of space battles everywhere... Maybe the smell comes from all the microscopic body parts floating around, leftover from all sorts of space battles everywhere…

]]> By: TYR http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310555 TYR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310555 <em>“We think it’s a high energy vibration in the molecule and that’s what we’re trying to add to it now.” </em> Someone from NASA said <em>that</em>? That's like an ad for quantum homeopathy. I see it was in the <em>Sun</em>, so it's reasonably good odds they made it all up. “We think it’s a high energy vibration in the molecule and that’s what we’re trying to add to it now.”

Someone from NASA said that? That’s like an ad for quantum homeopathy. I see it was in the Sun, so it’s reasonably good odds they made it all up.

]]> By: Wanon http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-319292 Wanon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-319292 How do you know if you've been spacewalking too long? When you come inside you start smelling like a medium-rare steak. How do you know if you’ve been spacewalking too long?

When you come inside you start smelling like a medium-rare steak.

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310355 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310355 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_Steak_Sauce" rel="nofollow">A1</a>: It's how <i>space</i> is done. A1: It’s how space is done.

]]> By: Xydexx http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310878 Xydexx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310878 The universe is DELICIOUS. The universe is DELICIOUS.

]]> By: JFlex http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310375 JFlex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310375 This has all been explained in this documentary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE This has all been explained in this documentary:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaFZTAOb7IE

]]> By: Cool Products http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310641 Cool Products Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310641 @ #8: Haha, seriously right. All the tax money for space exploration and this is the kind of stuff we are figuring out. @ #8: Haha, seriously right. All the tax money for space exploration and this is the kind of stuff we are figuring out.

]]> By: fanomas http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310904 fanomas Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310904 xeni posted that back in 2006, anousheh ansari returned from space and said it smelled like burnt almond cookies: http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/30/ansari-back-from-spa.html the post has updates that elaborate on the smell of space, etc. xeni posted that back in 2006, anousheh ansari returned from space and said it smelled like burnt almond cookies:

http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/30/ansari-back-from-spa.html

the post has updates that elaborate on the smell of space, etc.

]]> By: mdh http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310393 mdh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310393 Zuzu, do you suppose all that dark matter they're always looking for is actually steak sauce? Zuzu, do you suppose all that dark matter they’re always looking for is actually steak sauce?

]]> By: dexdoomsday http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310402 dexdoomsday Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310402 I've also read that space also smells like... "it is definitely not the olfactory equivalent to describing the palette sensations of some new food as “tastes like chicken.” The best description I can come up with is metallic; a rather pleasant sweet metallic sensation. It reminded me of my college summers where I labored for many hours with an arc welding torch…" full(small article) http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/02/12/the-smell-of-space/ I’ve also read that space also smells like…

“it is definitely not the olfactory equivalent to describing the palette sensations of some new food as “tastes like chicken.” The best description I can come up with is metallic; a rather pleasant sweet metallic sensation. It reminded me of my college summers where I labored for many hours with an arc welding torch…”

full(small article)

http://www.timemachinego.com/linkmachinego/2008/02/12/the-smell-of-space/

]]> By: SomeGuy http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310658 SomeGuy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310658 Rick @ #12 I sure as hell don't believe those flimsy suits can block 100% of cosmic radiation. Mmmmm.....astronaut. It's the other red meat. Rick @ #12

I sure as hell don’t believe those flimsy suits can block 100% of cosmic radiation.

Mmmmm…..astronaut. It’s the other red meat.

]]> By: Johnny Cat http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310407 Johnny Cat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310407 Mmmm, steak. Mmmm+, steak dipped in dark matter. Mmmm, steak. Mmmm+, steak dipped in dark matter.

]]> By: mabwiddershins http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-311433 mabwiddershins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-311433 I find it odd that "Omega Ingredients" rather than NASA is spreading the news that space smells like fried steak. Even more intriguing is the NASA Cafeteria Menu for this past week, which includes a $5.00 Country Fried Steak Dinner. See http://larc-exchange.larc.nasa.gov/LaRCExchange/Cafemenu.html. Coincidence? I think not. I find it odd that “Omega Ingredients” rather than NASA is spreading the news that space smells like fried steak.

Even more intriguing is the NASA Cafeteria Menu for this past week, which includes a $5.00 Country Fried Steak Dinner.

See http://larc-exchange.larc.nasa.gov/LaRCExchange/Cafemenu.html.

Coincidence? I think not.

]]> By: 13tales http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310411 13tales Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310411 So <i>that's</i> the terrible secret of space... I was wondering. Or possibly the terrible secret of steak, if you want to look at it from another perspective. So that’s the terrible secret of space… I was wondering.

Or possibly the terrible secret of steak, if you want to look at it from another perspective.

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310416 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310416 "The best description I can come up with is metallic; a rather pleasant sweet metallic sensation. It reminded me of my college summers where I labored for many hours with an arc welding torch repairing heavy equipment for a small logging outfit. It reminded me of pleasant sweet smelling welding fumes. That is the smell of space." So space likes something between welding fumes and steak. http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/20/astronaut-describes.html “The best description I can come up with is metallic; a rather pleasant sweet metallic sensation. It reminded me of my college summers where I labored for many hours with an arc welding torch repairing heavy equipment for a small logging outfit. It reminded me of pleasant sweet smelling welding fumes. That is the smell of space.”

So space likes something between welding fumes and steak.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/02/20/astronaut-describes.html

]]> By: zuzu http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310417 zuzu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310417 <blockquote>So that's the terrible secret of space... I was wondering.</blockquote><a href="http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/terriblesecret" rel="nofollow">Do you have steak in your house?</a>

So that’s the terrible secret of space… I was wondering.

Do you have steak in your house?

]]> By: nearlycanadian http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310418 nearlycanadian Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310418 All those toasty stars, they're probably smelling planets cooking. Mmmm. Meat planet. All those toasty stars, they’re probably smelling planets cooking.

Mmmm. Meat planet.

]]> By: Guysmiley http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310421 Guysmiley Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310421 And the Moon smells like burnt smokeless gunpowder. Weirdness. And the Moon smells like burnt smokeless gunpowder. Weirdness.

]]> By: Tony Moore http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310693 Tony Moore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310693 i've never wanted anything more than to go to space after hearing this. My God, it's full of steak! -T i’ve never wanted anything more than to go to space after hearing this.

My God, it’s full of steak!

-T

]]> By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310451 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310451 o0ps o0ps

]]> By: Rick. http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310460 Rick. Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310460 That wouldn't be roasted astronaut they're smelling through the suits, would it? That wouldn’t be roasted astronaut they’re smelling through the suits, would it?

]]> By: classic01 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310465 classic01 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310465 That's predictable. And the moon is made of cheese!!! That’s predictable. And the moon is made of cheese!!!

]]> By: TEKNA2007 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310473 TEKNA2007 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310473 I've always assumed space smells like diaper. Glad to know I'm wrong about that -- the future is looking much more pleasant! I’ve always assumed space smells like diaper. Glad to know I’m wrong about that — the future is looking much more pleasant!

]]> By: MrScience http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310996 MrScience Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310996 #17 ... No. If you RTFA, you'd see this was a perfume maker. :) <blockquote>The space agency has commissioned Steven Pearce of British fragrance firm Omega Ingredients to recreate the smells to help train spacemen.</blockquote> #17 … No. If you RTFA, you’d see this was a perfume maker. :)

The space agency has commissioned Steven Pearce of British fragrance firm Omega Ingredients to recreate the smells to help train spacemen.

]]> By: E0157H7 http://boingboing.net/2008/10/16/space-smells-like-st.html#comment-310492 E0157H7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-310492 I think that if I took off my space suit after being possibly exposed to a plethora of weird radiation and smelled steak, I'd flip right out. I think that if I took off my space suit after being possibly exposed to a plethora of weird radiation and smelled steak, I’d flip right out.

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