The Australian Space Agency says an unidentified object that washed up on a remote beach in Western Australia could be a part of a foreign-launched rocket.

An old lady with a little dog successfully outsmarted the best efforts of police guarding the area, as state and federal authorities try to work out what it is.

The canister washed up on a beach at Green Head, 250 kilometres north of Perth, where it was found and reported by curious locals. After a thorough inspection, no beer was found inside the object.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-17/police-investigate-green-head-beach-mystery-item/102610686

fsm said:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-17/police-investigate-green-head-beach-mystery-item/102610686

fsm said:

The Australian Space Agency says an unidentified object that washed up on a remote beach

Remote beach??? REMOTE?

Look at all thems houses.

Woodie said:

fsm said:

The Australian Space Agency says an unidentified object that washed up on a remote beach

Remote beach??? REMOTE?

Look at all thems houses.

Well spotted.

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

fsm said:

The Australian Space Agency says an unidentified object that washed up on a remote beach

Remote beach??? REMOTE?

Look at all thems houses.

Well spotted.

did they check for alien footprints

transition said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

Remote beach??? REMOTE?

Look at all thems houses.

Well spotted.

did they check for alien footprints

It’s an alien artefact.

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

fsm said:

The Australian Space Agency says an unidentified object that washed up on a remote beach

Remote beach??? REMOTE?

Look at all thems houses.

Well spotted.

Well, it’s more remote than the beach just out in front of the houses. Right?

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

Remote beach??? REMOTE?

Look at all thems houses.

Well spotted.

Well, it’s more remote than the beach just out in front of the houses. Right?

Do people not live in remote areas though¿

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Woodie said:

Remote beach??? REMOTE?

Look at all thems houses.

Well spotted.

Well, it’s more remote than the beach just out in front of the houses. Right?

(shrugs) I don’t think “remote” normally means “completely away from buildings”. There are buildings on Pitcairn Island but it’s still pretty damned remote.

Having said that yeah Green Head’s not remote.

I keep thinking about the Goon show when they had the intercontinental tea samovar.

sarahs mum said:

I keep thinking about the Goon show when they had the intercontinental tea samovar.

perhaps a one megaton yum cha.

Remember when we sent that record into space? Maybe this is the return message. Now we just need to find a record player big enough.

dv said:

captain_spalding said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Well spotted.

Well, it’s more remote than the beach just out in front of the houses. Right?

(shrugs) I don’t think “remote” normally means “completely away from buildings”.

Imagine a remote control for the building carpark.

Somebody on Reddit reckons it is the third stage of India’s PSLV rocket. A composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV).

fsm said:

Somebody on Reddit reckons it is the third stage of India’s PSLV rocket. A composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV).

yep. that looks like it.

Here is a video of the launch. You can see the stage separation at the 1:15 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0BpjPUT5FE

fsm said:

Somebody on Reddit reckons it is the third stage of India’s PSLV rocket. A composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV).

Seems reasonable.

fsm said:

Here is a video of the launch. You can see the stage separation at the 1:15 mark.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0BpjPUT5FE

Ta.

So basically another CHINA weather balloon, fuck them.

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains mystery object that washed up on a WA beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_cXFXAN_M0

fsm said:

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains mystery object that washed up on a WA beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_cXFXAN_M0

smells fishy :)

fsm said:

Dr Karl Kruszelnicki explains mystery object that washed up on a WA beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_cXFXAN_M0

I know just as much about it as anyone else? Sure, I’ll speak at length about it…

DAMN YOU TO HELL PUTIN !

I love it. I want it in my collection.

kii said:

I love it. I want it in my collection.

it’s like a big brass acorn

But what are you going to do with it.
You can’t put it next to your other one.

fsm said:

Somebody on Reddit reckons it is the third stage of India’s PSLV rocket. A composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV).

Aha! Composite as in fibreglass. Not composite as in carbon fibre.

We’re familiar with stuff falling from NASA rockets, but those black balls are composites using carbon fibre. This is the wrong colour for an American rocket part.

So India makes a great deal of sense.

mollwollfumble said:

fsm said:

Somebody on Reddit reckons it is the third stage of India’s PSLV rocket. A composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV).

Aha! Composite as in fibreglass. Not composite as in carbon fibre.

We’re familiar with stuff falling from NASA rockets, but those black balls are composites using carbon fibre. This is the wrong colour for an American rocket part.

So India makes a great deal of sense.

Good

mollwollfumble said:

fsm said:

Somebody on Reddit reckons it is the third stage of India’s PSLV rocket. A composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV).

Aha! Composite as in fibreglass. Not composite as in carbon fibre.

We’re familiar with stuff falling from NASA rockets, but those black balls are composites using carbon fibre. This is the wrong colour for an American rocket part.

So India makes a great deal of sense.

Not fibreglass, more like carbon-fibre-reinforced polymer afaict

There you go, if the junk is

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-31/australian-space-agency-identifies-space-junk-green-head/102669472

commonwealth India then it’s all smiles and hugs and In Our Backyard Please and it makes junk OK¡