This Rocket Washed Up On To The Shore (12 pics)

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Could you imagine walking along the beach and seeing debris from a space shuttle on the shore? That's exactly what happened to the Reddit user who snapped these photos.

After posting these images online, it was discovered that this large piece of debris was actually from space.



1 This Rocket Washed Up On To The Shore (12 pics)

The piece of metal was from a Ariane 5 rocket.


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Specifically, it’s the payload shroud from the rocket.


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It’s discarded at about 150km altitude.


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That means it’s discarded 50km into space.


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It’s officially space debris.


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This hunk of junk traveled so many miles.


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It’s a once in a lifetime find.


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This was heat resistant paneling that was broken and burned.


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You can see the damage done by the journey.


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As you can tell from the logo…


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It was definitely part of one of those rockets.


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№1 Author: candysack (7 May 2014 01:05) Total user comments: 1436


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better than landing on your head,must have been a close call if it landed on or near the shore
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№2 Author: rodrigozanatta (7 May 2014 01:29) Total user comments: 695


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Sell it :D
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№3 Author: 1234 (7 May 2014 02:33) Total user comments: 1878


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:02: whats it worth.....the material or sentiment wise
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№4 Author: Edu (7 May 2014 14:29) Total user comments: 0


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Pick it up and sell it on ebay!

Or maybe to Rick Harris, for 50 bucks...
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№5 Author: rennermartins (7 May 2014 18:11) Total user comments: 222


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Please... lets give the full correct information.
This part was found in Brazil and broadly noticed by our press.
This rocket piece is owned by the UK space agency and was launched by the Europe space association from the country of Guiana a french colony in the north of South America.
Was found in the state of Para, Brazil, by fishers in the middle of the amazon jungle not in the beach.
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№6 Author: Phynix4 (7 May 2014 20:07) Total user comments: 5461


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ah, now that explaination makes sense....
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№7 Author: adzhoe (9 May 2014 07:08) Total user comments: 15109


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Thank you rennermartins
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№8 Author: rennermartins (12 May 2014 20:39) Total user comments: 222


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The problems are:
1 - Its not the 1st piece of space debris finded in the amazon florest (In the middle of land not sea).
2 - In that area (Amazonia) we have a lot of villages and cities (some larger than 1 Mio hab.).
3 - That richest countrys (than Brazil), dont want to talk about even admit those incidents occurred.

Is Brazil the the trash yard of the world? :62:
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