Space junk falls on Western Australian minesite

(abc.net.au)

58 points | by dabiged 1 day ago

4 comments

  • dsign 1 day ago
    Why is it so impossible to get high quality images of anything space-related? Even when it re-enters and is photographed on Earth?
    • LargoLasskhyfv 1 day ago
      Because it is still covered in residual reality distortion shreds from the field which is camouflaging all the UFOs.
      • andrewstuart 1 day ago
        Kinda weird people don’t know this.

        Weren’t they paying attention in school?

    • plugger 1 day ago
      Because these photos were taken by miners out in the middle of nowhere with their phones.
  • zeristor 1 day ago
    How could one tell if there were toxic hypergolic fuel residue in the debris?
    • shantara 1 day ago
      The standard advice is to keep your distance and contact the authorities. The debris can easily have low enough level of hypergolics to be unnoticeable, but high enough to cause health problems
    • plugger 1 day ago
      I would like to think most of that would have been consumed, the thing was still on fire when it hit the ground.
    • colechristensen 1 day ago
      One wouldn't easily. But assuming it may is a necessary precaution. Hydrazine is common and harmful in rather small amounts.
  • andrewstuart 1 day ago
    The whole of Western Australia is a mine site so it’s pretty much a sure thing for space junk to hit a mine site if it comes down anywhere in the half of Australia.
    • NoPicklez 1 day ago
      Its not significant it hit a mine site, but to call out that it didn't land in the middle of nowhere.
      • defrost 1 day ago
        True, the GP comment is also playing the Queensland is all bannanas, Tasmanian's are all inbred, <insert stereo type> card here.

        There are many mines in W.Australia, there's also highly productive grain growing agricultural land larger in size than the entire United Kingdom, similarly large areas of native title and defence training land, wine growing regions, etc.

  • daneel_w 1 day ago
    • bloggie 1 day ago
      Do you think the two events are related?
      • daneel_w 1 day ago
        No idea. Despite no confirmations yet on whether space debris was involved, it felt relevant to share because of the overlapping nature and time frames.