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Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach (www.bbc.com)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Residents visited the site on Saturday night to see the cylinder, the ABC reported, with one local describing it as a "great social evening". "It was a lovely, still night, the kids were digging sand castles around it," he told the ABC.

I sure hope there's no hypergolics left in that tank.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The tank was identified as the remains of an ISRO PSLV rocket's 3rd stage. It's the kevlar casing for HTPB solid propellant, which looks like pretty safe stuff.