UM-Bot Posted February 2, 2006 #1 Share Posted February 2, 2006 Moondust. "I wish I could send you some," says Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan. Just a thimbleful scooped fresh off the lunar surface. "It's amazing stuff."Feel it—it's soft like snow, yet strangely abrasive.Taste it—"not half bad," according to Apollo 16 astronaut John Young. Sniff it—"it smells like spent gunpowder," says Cernan.How do you sniff moondust?Every Apollo astronaut did it. They couldn't touch their noses to the lunar surface. View: Full Article | Source: NASA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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