I'm thinking if the moon really is made of cheese, it must be stinky!
2006-11-20 18:15:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Because space is vacuum gases, which would be produced by the cheese and are the cause of the bad smell we get here in earth, will dissolve extremely quickly due to lack of air pressure. Thus no or extremely small concentration (a molecule or two) would reach your nose.
It is the same effect if you compare the small of the same fart in an elevator or in open air... :)
2006-11-20 19:27:47 · answer #1 · answered by Sporadic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The space is quite different..Not even flowers smell the same. Perfume giant International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) found that out in 1998 when they sent a miniature rose called "Overnight Scentsation" into orbit. The flower developed a "floral rose aroma" quite different from its normal odor. The new fragrance has since been incorporated into "Zen," a perfume produced by the Japanese company Shiseido. The scientists propose to send two flowers into orbit--a rose and an Asian rice flower. They hope the pair will produce scents even more exotic.
2006-11-20 18:42:24 · answer #2 · answered by Prabhakar G 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our sense of smell depends on our ability to detect "aromatic" compounds that reach our noses from the air. These compounds trigger smell receptors - nerve endings which penetrate the bony plate at the top of the nose (called the cribriform plate). A layer of mucus covers the endings, and dissolves volatile compounds from the air so they can better reach the receptors. A vacuum has no air, and would thus be unable to transport scents to our nose.. There's also the larger problem that your nose would be largely exploded after a short exposure to a complete vacuum.
2006-11-20 20:46:44 · answer #3 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What do you think? Just sit down a moment. There must be molecules of scent in the air. Are you breathing outer space air? If so you are dead because there is no oxgyen in what I think is near vacumn. At any rate the molecules cant get to the scent receptors in your nose. So although i have never been in outer space, I would say NO.
2006-11-20 18:30:40 · answer #4 · answered by wayne e 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes they would have a smell since smell is made up of very small molecues that travel from an object to ones nose. so yes it would have a smell as long as the perticles reaches a nasal organ.
2006-11-20 18:42:22 · answer #5 · answered by mich01 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We cannot be sure as the particles that carry the scent of an object needs air to travel to our nose. As in space, it is vacuum, so we cannot smell it. If air does exist in space, we can be sure if that object have a smell.
2006-11-20 21:29:14 · answer #6 · answered by Me'Shell 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nice q.you can smell things through air or anything which can flow .but i am not sure weather all gases can carry smell of things.smell is base on the small particles of that thing so i think any gas can carry that smell if it doesnt react with that particle
2006-11-20 18:36:35 · answer #7 · answered by nima205205 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No thing will smell in space. Because smell or odor travels through waves but waves cannot be travled without air.
2006-11-20 18:49:04 · answer #8 · answered by g1r2a3c4e5_korea 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes but you'll never be able to smell it, Which means that the problem is you, not the thing!
2006-11-20 18:21:59 · answer #9 · answered by mrbagobeans 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nope you can't smell in outer space because there is no air
2006-11-21 00:15:42 · answer #10 · answered by hkyboy96 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋