Scents and Sounds while in outer space

Scents and Sounds while in outer space, Src : Nasa.

Many of the things that sparked the curiosity of the related human life outside of Earth. Start of the activities of the astronaut, to simple things such as scents and sounds in space.

On Earth, certainly a human could easily smell the smells of various types because of the sense of smell is functioning normally and backed the presence of air. Likewise with vibrations in the air that gets to the human ear genda.

Another case with outer space. The human ear and nose may not work properly in a vacuum.

In a question and answer forum on the site ScienceFocus, emerging questions such as what scents in outer space.

Based on the experience of the astronaut who inhabit the international space station (International Space Station/ISS), according to their scents that smell is the smell of metal. More precisely, the smell of smoke from activities like weld.

The smell is often they feel on the surface of their space uniforms when the airlock again pressing the air.

While other reports from the European Space Agency (ESA), who successfully landed a spacecraft on a comet 67 p Philae Robotics/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014, prompting a detect the scent of rotten eggs, bitter walnuts, and urine of cats from the surface of the comet.

Also many other things that leveled astronaut space life related. In January 2015, Luca Parmitano ESA astronaut had time to answer a few basic questions related his experiences in space and include the question of the vote.

Space for this is indeed synonymous with silence. However, for the astronaut, they never feel lonely because they wear astronaut uniform pulled out the noise.

Parmitano, a sound described were from air-pumping to breathe, creating atmosphere in space, and the sound from the intercom system.

He also answered what can he do if his nose itch when he was wearing the uniform of a complete space with helmnya.

"There's nothing that can be done, you have to menyikapinya with an adult. Can try to scratch it off to the side of the uniform if your nose of me, "said Parmitano.

He continued, "but in fact there is not much that can be done, you have to try to forget about itching."