Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach (BBC News)

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Australia baffled as unidentified mystery object washes up on beach
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"It was a lovely, still night, the kids were digging sand castles around it," he told the ABC.

Good thing it wasn't some sort of explosive! Idiot parents.

Or radioactive ☢️ like in some sad stories of the past.

"It wasn't glowing green like in the movies so we didn't worry!"

Just an exhausted rocket stage. Definitely not explosive.

So probably housing all sorts of dangerous fuels?

Anyone remember the Chinese one that crashed in China a few years back and was super toxic?

Might have residue of hydrazine or other nasty stuff, though. Definitely not safe to be around until it's been checked out.

It’s weird how the “experts” cited in the article defaulted to guessing it’s from an airplane. You’d think they’d default to rocket debris.