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Forum: Hardware & Flown Items
Topic: SpaceX Falcon 9 debris found in Washington

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 04-26-2021 09:14 AM Meteorite hunter Robert Ward found two more of the COPV tanks and, at least as of the time [URL=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/space-junk-sleuths-track-down-the-rocket-chunks-that-lit-up-the-northwests-skies-last-month/]this Seattle Times article[/URL] went to print, is still in possession of them. <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]Within a day, driving around in remote locations, with binoculars “and a really good eye,” he found two more. One had fallen in sage brush where the desert met some irrigated fields. Another was across the river inside the Army’s Yakima training range, where he got permission to roam in an area open to the public. The tanks come wrapped in carbon fiber composite that partly shredded during the violent reentry. “It’s a very nasty material,” said Ward. “It’s basically like fiberglass times 20. It gets in your fingers and it’s like ants biting you.” Wearing protective gloves and mask, he manhandled both tanks onto his rented pickup. Later, Ward changed the drop-off location for his rental truck and drove the tanks all the way back to Prescott, where he cleaned them and wrapped them in tarps for storage. He’s unsure what he’ll do with them. Hankey sent a Facebook message to an acquaintance at SpaceX, but so far without response.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> <center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_falcon9_debris_grant_county02-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_falcon9_debris_grant_county02.jpg" width="400" height="289" border="0"></a> <a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_falcon9_debris_grant_county03-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/spacex_falcon9_debris_grant_county03.jpg" width="400" height="300" border="0"></a></center>
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