Science: Health: Flatulence: Smell
Fart in a Spacesuit?   (+2, -2)  [vote for, against]
In Space no-one can hear you Fart.

If you fart in a spacesuit, where does it go? Nowhere, it just lingers. Trapped in the suit. Bummer. Not good given that in a few years most humble couch potatoes will be up there at some point. Now, if your suit had a heat activated sensor (or a movement activated one connected directly to your sphincter) any motion would trigger the release of a fragrance of the astronaut's choice. Lavender, Sandalwood and so on, thus countering the whiff and ensuring a pleasurable time. As an added bonus, the sensor could record the emission and play it back to fellow Space Tourists during times of boredom. : D
-- Kettch, Jan 08 2001

Rocketman http://us.imdb.com/Details?0120029
1997 Disney movie that made this particular problem the major point of its poster. [jutta, Jan 08 2001]

A METAPHYSICAL AND ANECDOTAL CONSIDERATION OF THE FART http://www.bigmagic...ackj/column44c.html
[v0rtexx, Oct 17 2004]

space smell http://www.space.co...19-space-smell.html
[jaksplat, Mar 28 2010]

Drat.
-- Kettch, Jan 09 2001


No wonder Japanese Girls cover their faces when they giggle.
-- thumbwax, Jan 09 2001


"Hey, Terence, you know what my spacesuit smells like?"
"No, what, Phillip?"
"It smells like a dirty fart! Ahahahahahahaha!" -South Park
-- nick_n_uit, Mar 29 2001


The spacesuits do have atmospheric cleansers, so this is rather pointless.
-- my-nep, Jan 01 2004


That's going to be nothing compared to the prevalent smell of really stale air that exists on all space-stations. That, together with the constant feeling of falling and the effects on your stomach means that flatulent smells will be one of the last things on your mind.
-- PeterSilly, Jan 02 2004


//prevalent smell of really stale air//
The glorious expanse of the universe will smell like feet.
-- FlyingToaster, Mar 28 2010



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