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HUGE Item washed up on beach. What is it?

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October 07, 2018, 03:23 PM
r0gue
HUGE Item washed up on beach. What is it?
This washed ashore near Charleston. Any ideas? Looks decidedly spacey to me.



https://www.charlotteobserver....rticle219544575.html




October 07, 2018, 03:29 PM
sigmonkey
Top of the U.S. Space Shuttle Centerline fuel tank.




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October 07, 2018, 03:31 PM
BillyBonesNY
Dampener for a propeller shaft?


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October 07, 2018, 03:33 PM
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October 07, 2018, 03:41 PM
CQB60
space shuttle expendable External Tank that contained theliquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen mix?


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October 07, 2018, 03:47 PM
trapper189
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.

https://goo.gl/images/A5C2av
October 07, 2018, 03:48 PM
Johnny 3eagles
Bottom of the U. S Space Shuttle Centerline fuel tank.



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October 07, 2018, 03:53 PM
GGF
Proof positive there is life on another planet.

Ok...

Maybe not.
October 07, 2018, 03:54 PM
Rightwire
Part of the U. S Space Shuttle Centerline fuel tank




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October 07, 2018, 04:01 PM
KMitch200
It's a widget. There's millions of them.


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October 07, 2018, 04:09 PM
Bisleyblackhawk
It's part of the Icarus that Zira, Cornelius and Dr. Milo used to escape that ape planet.


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October 07, 2018, 04:14 PM
r0gue
quote:
Originally posted by sigmonkey:
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?




October 07, 2018, 04:19 PM
Sigmanic
Looks pretty similar to this...

https://www.space.com/32941-sp...ves-los-angeles.html
October 07, 2018, 04:25 PM
aileron
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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October 07, 2018, 04:40 PM
flashguy
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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October 07, 2018, 04:44 PM
220-9er
Looks like a large boat bumper/floatation device.


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October 07, 2018, 04:48 PM
a1abdj
quote:
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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October 07, 2018, 04:53 PM
6guns
quote:
Originally posted by flashguy:
No way to tell how big it is. Looks to me like a lot of concrete around it, so how did it float?

flashguy


There is a woman standing next to it for reference.




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October 07, 2018, 04:55 PM
r0gue
the article reported it to be soft. foam-like.




October 07, 2018, 05:21 PM
.38supersig
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?