Sheep farmers in the Snowy Monaro may have stumbled across the largest pieces of space junk found in Australia since NASA's Skylab space station came plummeting back to Earth in 1979.
A large piece of debris found in the middle of a sheep paddock could be space junk from a SpaceX mission, and linked to a large bang heard across the region earlier this month.Sheep farmers find large pieces of debris including serial numbers after a loud bang was heard earlier this month
Many of those who heard the bang on July 9 took to social media to report it across the Snowy Mountains in southern NSW, and as far away as Albury, Wagga Wagga and Canberra. He said it was possibly the largest piece of documented debris in Australia since NASA's Skylab space station came plummeting back to Earth above Esperance in Western Australia in 1979.Jock Wallace holds what is believed to be space junk found on his sheep farm.
"People often think they find small pieces of space junk, but they would burn up on re-entry, so it's more likely to be large pieces like this," Dr Tucker said.Dr Tucker said the craft was likely travelling at 25,000 kilometres per hour at the time of re-entry and the debris and was likely linked to the widely heard bang on July 9.He said it was likely made of carbon and aluminium composites.
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