Strange Metal Ball Crashed in Namibia
Discussion
So, come on then.
What does the collective intelligence of PH think this is?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8972985/M...
I think it's intrigueing, one of my colleagues thinks it could be a fuela tank of some sort, not sure what for though. So, over to you guys. What d'yer think?
What does the collective intelligence of PH think this is?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/8972985/M...
I think it's intrigueing, one of my colleagues thinks it could be a fuela tank of some sort, not sure what for though. So, over to you guys. What d'yer think?
Guam said:
I think one would need to know the orbit it was originally in as well, I imagine a lot come down in the Ocean that pass unremarked
I think occassional debris has dropped on the odd midwest town from memory <virtual pint to the first one to find a link>
Esperance , Western AustraliaI think occassional debris has dropped on the odd midwest town from memory <virtual pint to the first one to find a link>
Article said:
In 1979, pieces of the space station Skylab crashed onto Esperance after the craft broke up over the Indian Ocean. The municipality fined the United States $400 for littering.[8] The fine was paid in April 2009, when radio show host Scott Barley of Highway Radio raised the funds from his morning show listeners, and paid the fine on behalf of NASA.[9] Skylab's demise was an international media event, with merchandising, wagering on time and place of re-entry and nightly news reports. The San Francisco Examiner offered a $10,000 prize for the first piece of Skylab to be delivered to their offices. 17-year-old Stan Thornton scooped a few pieces of Skylab off the roof of his home in Esperance, Western Australia and caught the first flight to San Francisco, where he collected his prize.
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