[meteorite-list] Do lunars smell?

From: Michael Casper <Michael_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:13 2004
Message-ID: <000801c15c2f$90381f60$0200a8c0_at_Domain>

Yes, the lunars... boy do they smell! Yuc! some of em mell soooo bad.


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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 9:55 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Do lunars smell?


> Since it's so slow, I thought I'd ask the following question.
>
> Do lunar rocks have an odor?
>
> Buzz Aldrin said that there was a distinct smell to lunar material -
> "...pungent, like gunpowder or spent cap-pistol caps". They carted a lot
of
> dust into the lunar module and Aldrin said that they noticed the odor
right
> away.
>
> Maybe Mike Farmer or Jim Strope or those who have cut some of the lunars
can
> answer.
>
> Just curious.
>
> Dave Pensenstadler
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Received on Tue 23 Oct 2001 09:59:46 PM PDT


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