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Mark B
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posted 03-27-2008 06:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mark B   Click Here to Email Mark B     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Interesting scrap metal... Have to be worth a dollar or two but would the farmer actually own it or not?

I'm guessing it's aeronautical related rather than space related.

Any opinions most welcome.
Mystery metal ball an outback space oddity

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AN outback farmer is on a mission to identify a strange ball of twisted metal - purported to be fallen space junk - which mysteriously turned up on his remote property.

James Stirton of Cheepie, 130km from Charleville in southwestern Queensland, was heading out to feed cattle on his 40,500-hectare property when he came upon the bizarre-looking blackened ball.

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posted 03-27-2008 06:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LCDR Scott Schneeweis   Click Here to Email LCDR Scott Schneeweis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Tough to tell definitively from the image but it appears to be a spun fiber propellant/pressurization tank.

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Chris Dubbs
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posted 03-28-2008 11:36 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Chris Dubbs   Click Here to Email Chris Dubbs     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Colin, would you check this out and get back to us?

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