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A sheep paddock in Australia has been found with debris from SpaceX

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A sheep paddock in Australia has been found with debris from SpaceX


By TechThop Team

Posted on: 05 Aug, 2022

The charred space junk found jutting from a paddock by an Australian sheep farmer came from a SpaceX mission, authorities confirmed Thursday.

This ethereal debris, believed to have fallen to Earth on July 9, was discovered in Dalgety, a remote area near the Snowy Mountains.

An astrophysicist visited the site last month after local farmers contacted him, and it was both exciting and weird. He said it reminded him of the sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey to find the large chunk embedded in an empty field.

The Australian Space Agency confirmed the debris came from a SpaceX mission and asked locals to report further discoveries to SpaceX. After confirming the debris was from a SpaceX mission, the Australian Space Agency is engaging with the US and other Commonwealth countries.

A trunk jettisoned by Crew-1, which re-entered Earth's atmosphere in 2021, was the source of the fragment. According to him, the trunk split up on re-entry, and other space junk has been discovered nearby, making more discoveries likely related to the SpaceX mission.

As the space industry grows worldwide, the amount of space debris crashing on Earth is likely to increase, he said. The likelihood that it will hit a populated area once is a real possibility.

SpaceX's human spaceflight director, Benjamin Reed, told reporters during a news conference that the company knew about the reports and that a team was heading there to investigate.

The US State Department and the Australian Space Agency have been contacted by SpaceX, which added: The important news is that no injuries or damage have been reported.

SpaceX will always look for ways to improve, said Reed, as this was all within the expected analytical space. The Crew Dragon spacecraft flew Crew-1 for the second time. Taking off from Florida in November 2020, it splashed down in May 2021.

The Dragon capsule's trunk section connects to the Falcon 9 rocket on the ascent. During orbit, half of the trunk contains a solar array, and the other half contains a radiator for releasing heat.

A pair of these devices are mounted on a trunk that the capsule jettisons shortly before it enters the atmosphere for its second landing.

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