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[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 6 months ago

It also reportedly smells like gunpowder.

[-] prayer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 months ago

Burned or unburned? They are two distinct smells.

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 6 months ago

Burned, according to the astronauts. I don’t know if the exact mechanism has been published anywhere, but since spent gunpowder has been oxidized I imagine that’s what’s going on with the dust as well.

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