What did the Apollo astronauts say the moon smelled like?
Correct answer: Spent gunpowder
GruffSecretAgent9936
Didn't know/remember this.
Answered "Cheese" 'cause I thought "time for levity".
JasonR1972
Have you ever smelled fireworks or a book of burnt matches?
Envision two Worlds collide, brimstone and ash, friction and fire and molten rock.
Now, one world will bear rain & seas (eventually) washing itself cleaner over time, the other locked in a vacuum with ashen, gritty dust that clings to everything, boots especially.
You wear the suit back to your camping tent (Lunar Module) to sleep without a shower.
Bjach
I wonder why?
MoodyChef92025
I have always wondered if they did it in back in 1972 .with technology only better why have they not ever returned .🤔
KookyOrangutan5005
I answered cheese, only because when I was little I was told they used to believe the moon was made of cheese.
Timoteo
It's acrid, not acri, and means sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor.
Ktkk
Timoteo, Jeez dude, ever heard of typos?
Birdiemom
shaxanth27, you should have kept reading...all the way to where they said they smelled it on the feet of their space suits.
mammy1027
great info!
Myrddin69
MoodyChef92025, because there's no money in it.
Miss Sue
MoodyChef92025, Maybe because there's nothing there?
Alice's G-ma
How did they smell it? Thru their suits?
Tina M.
MoodyChef92025, Think about it. It's very expensive.
Megi!
Ok… yes, the astronauts were able to smell the moon dust when they RETURNED to the capsule ( while STILL on the moon) and when they removed their HELMETS, they consequently smelled the moon dust on their boots! Use your brains, folks!🌙🌛🌝
Mars V
I wanted to pick cheese, the best food ever! What’s not better with cheese?!
Fairuz
Why this question is too hard when to be answered
Bonnie
GruffSecretAgent9936, haha…I thought for a joke they said “cheese” so I got it wrong too!
GMG
powder was the obvious answer
Dono
KookyOrangutan5005, me too
Maestro
spent gun powder, most likely due to meteor impacts.
Ralte
Okay...how does one smell the moon from inside a space suit
Jim O
Michelle , try reading
Player #15881782
I get a total HIGH on spent gun powder and I was in a artillery unit. wonderful time.
joejoe
Bjach, showdown at the Lunar Corral?
Marcusg
MoodyChef92025, they did it with great science and engineering. For lack of money and willpower they didn't keep going.
Marcusg
Player #29226168, they smelled it once back inside their ship, it covered their spacesuits.
Guillermo Jr.
I love the smell! always savor that scent at the range..
wish there was a Yankee Candle of it.. that and "Old Books"
Aaron Nelson
MoodyChef92025, it's a good question. why haven't they returned indeed.
Mihaela
Player #29226168, This is a story to put on sleep the small kids....
Guillermo
JasonR1972, yes.. love that scent
Rolando Mota Sinsema
Timoteo, Very correct brother. Many astronauts have stated after space walks that, "Space smells like burnt steak."
Rolando Mota Sinsema
MoodyChef92025, Money and politics, IMHO Chef.
Player #11557707
Moon dust is the biggest problem that they have to solve.
Suekirider
KookyOrangutan5005, Very true! I picked cheese for the same reason. Funny the crap they laid on us, and as kids, we believed it.
AwesomeAnnie7
JasonR1972, great analogy.
MercifulHippy27765
maybe it's not a gun powder smell but metal being fused smell?
stu p. dasso
Bjach, chinese invented gunpowder
justjon
GruffSecretAgent9936, ...me too