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This washed ashore near Charleston. Any ideas? Looks decidedly spacey to me.



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Top of the U.S. Space Shuttle Centerline fuel tank.




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Dampener for a propeller shaft?


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space shuttle expendable External Tank that contained theliquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen mix?


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It's a pool noodle.

The foam on the Space Shuttle's ET was only 1 inch thick and was one type that was sprayed on.

My serious guess is that it's a marine mooring buoy for ships.

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Bottom of the U. S Space Shuttle Centerline fuel tank.





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Proof positive there is life on another planet.

Ok...

Maybe not.
 
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Part of the U. S Space Shuttle Centerline fuel tank




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It's part of the Icarus that Zira, Cornelius and Dr. Milo used to escape that ape planet.


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Top of the U.S. Space Shuttle Centerline fuel tank.


I think maybe so. Did they ever have areas of blue color? See the stripes of some sort on the right?




 
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Doesn't look near large enough in diameter to be the Orbiter's LOX/hydrazine external tank - it's almost 28' in diameter !!

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No way to tell how big it is. Looks to me like a lot of concrete around it, so how did it float?

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Looks like a large boat bumper/floatation device.


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Looks to me like a lot of concrete around it, so how did it float?



It's likely a heat resistant "foam" material.


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No way to tell how big it is. Looks to me like a lot of concrete around it, so how did it float?

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the article reported it to be soft. foam-like.




 
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Thought it would be Shuttle parts also. Then wondered why seaweed/barnacles/whatever wouldn't have fastened themselves to shuttle parts by now. Trapper189's idea seems more plausible.

How much tidal shift would it take for this to be so far away from any water if it only 'floated' there?



 
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