About that lag, and about that trip

In her latest post on her blog, Anousheh Ansari explains why there’s a delay in her posts:

I do not have realtime access to email. The email process is a batch process so it happens three times a day. I will do my best to get at least one entry in per day.

Also, she can’t directly access the web herself, but some of the comments posted on her blog are forwarded to her via email.

The rest of her post describes the flight to the ISS on the Soyuz, including dealing with a bout of space sickness. She also describes the “smell of space” she experienced as the hatches between the Soyuz and ISS opened after docking:

They said it is a very unique smell. As they pulled the hatch open on the Soyuz side, I smelled “SPACE.” It was strange… kind of like burned almond cookie. I said to them, “It smells like cooking” and they both looked at me like I was crazy and exclaimed: “Cooking!”