• Question: If you and a skunk were on the moon would you be able to smell it?

    Asked by 349bera43 to Colin, John, Kevin, Shikha, Triona on 12 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Tríona O'Connell

      Tríona O'Connell answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      If we were both on the surface of the moon without covering, we would be dead. Also, smell doesnt travel very well in a vaccuum.
      If we were in separate space suits, we wouldn’t smell each other (who’s making these space suits for skunks).
      If we were both in the same spaceship, we’d smell each other (how do skunks think humans smell).

    • Photo: Kevin Motherway

      Kevin Motherway answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      The Americans are the only nation who have landed living beings on the moon. The Russians and Chinese haven’t. The skunks space programme is also chronically underfunded and they’ve had huge technical setbacks, so I do see it happening any time soon.

    • Photo: Shikha Sharma

      Shikha Sharma answered on 16 Nov 2014:

      Hi 349bera43,

      With the helmets, gloves and suit I will wear for my survival and most probably he will also wear one— With the suits I guess I won’t be able to even smell moondust so smelling skunk is really not possible while walking on the moon. Thank god I even don’t want to smell a skunk 😀

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