@homelessjun Hmm, apparently a big enough piece will get you back to earth! Never heard of it before, but I see it's exceedingly good at surviving heat!!! (oops, guess that shouldn't be thrown out the back window of the ISS).
@ai6yr inconel parts are used in thermal reactors to hold very hot parts together and for internal shielding. give them a coat or two of oxide and they turn a beautiful bronze colour.
@ai6yr Kind of amazed that it landed back in Florida. I wonder how many of those rather substantial parts landed somewhere else in the world and harmlessly buried themselves in the ground on impact never to be discovered or if so, recognized for what they are? 🤔
@shonin@ai6yr Yeah, that thought had occurred to me. I had wondered if a marine archeologist might think they found Atlantis or something, someday. But the chances of anyone noticing one coming down anywhere must be very small.
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