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soyagi ( soyagi@yiffit.net )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach

www.bbc.com

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Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach

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soyagi ( soyagi@yiffit.net )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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The item is under police guard as state and federal authorities work to identify its origin.
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  • zhunk ( zhunk@beehaw.org ) 
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    It has been identified as (what’s left of) the 3rd stage of an Indian PSLV rocket:

    https://mastodon.social/@wikkit/110724722817039021

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      @zhunk @soyagi Interesting to see that something so small survived the reentry from orbit.

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    Grabs popcorn There’s nothing more entertaining than mystified Aussies.

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    WA Police said it was guarding the object until its origin could be established

    Some lucky dude is getting paid to hang out next to this thing on a remote beach.

  • Admetus ( Admetus@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    The alien already escaped and is among us.

  • heluecht ( heluecht@pirati.ca ) 
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    @soyagi I think that it can be some part of a rocket.

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    Residents visited the site on Saturday night to see the cylinder, the ABC reported, with one local describing it as a “great social evening”. “It was a lovely, still night, the kids were digging sand castles around it,” he told the ABC.

    I sure hope there’s no hypergolics left in that tank.

    • zhunk ( zhunk@beehaw.org ) 
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      The tank was identified as the remains of an ISRO PSLV rocket’s 3rd stage. It’s the kevlar casing for HTPB solid propellant, which looks like pretty safe stuff.

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