[meteorite-list] Holy Space Balls!

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:50:30 -0600
Message-ID: <B38E08C673A94FFDA565077F13769F07_at_ATARIENGINE2>

Hi, List,

The "Space Ball" is a "metal-lined composite
overwrapped pressure vessel" --- you can Google
that phrase and find lots about them.

A blog in the Washington Post says we can
expect much more space junk like it to fall:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/mysterious-space-ball-drops-on-namibia--nothing-mysterious-about-it/2011/12/23/gIQAlaXiDP_blog.html

Here's a maker of space vehicle components
that shows one very similar to the Namibian
space ball:
http://www.psi-pci.com/Products.htm

However, such tanks are widely used on Earth
(and only on Earth) for gas storage, so maybe
it didn't fall that far (like, off the back of the
truck, once emptied).


Sterling K. Webb
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Subject: [meteorite-list] Holy Space Balls!


>
> Hello List,
>
> Space junk, but I like the mention of the "explosion" heard . Sonic
> boom, obviously.
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/space-ball-drops-namibia-133326985.html
>
> Merry Christmas and on to Tucson!
>
> Count Deiro
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