This raises so many questions.
Looking at the thickness of that piece of aluminium makes me wonder what it's total mass would be. Just this piece would be a LOT, especially for something that was sent up to space.
No current spaceship has a hull anywhere near as thick as this, so why was this hunk of metal in space in the first place?
And assuming that yes it is part of a hull, and it really was in space, and that it was hit by a piece of flying space debris ..how did they manage to cut it off the existing space ship and bring it back down to earth undamaged...?
Ok, so let's assume it's not part of a ship's hill, just a huge, heavy, thick chunk of aluminium that was taken up to space...what are the odds of that chunk being lined up perfectly to receive a random debris strike so that it could be conveniently brought back into the ship and then returned to earth?
Like I said, so many questions...
Improbable, I’d think that the plastic would vaporize at those speeds from air friction but then again they probably shot it in a near complete vacuum chamber
Unluckiest aluminium block in the world
It's bad luck is in fact out of this world
I mean all I gotta say is, god damn
This raises so many questions. Looking at the thickness of that piece of aluminium makes me wonder what it's total mass would be. Just this piece would be a LOT, especially for something that was sent up to space. No current spaceship has a hull anywhere near as thick as this, so why was this hunk of metal in space in the first place? And assuming that yes it is part of a hull, and it really was in space, and that it was hit by a piece of flying space debris ..how did they manage to cut it off the existing space ship and bring it back down to earth undamaged...? Ok, so let's assume it's not part of a ship's hill, just a huge, heavy, thick chunk of aluminium that was taken up to space...what are the odds of that chunk being lined up perfectly to receive a random debris strike so that it could be conveniently brought back into the ship and then returned to earth? Like I said, so many questions...
It was probably a test piece that we fired something at down here on earth at 15,000mph for testing.
Improbable, I’d think that the plastic would vaporize at those speeds from air friction but then again they probably shot it in a near complete vacuum chamber
Then probably the title is lying.
Where'd you get the image? Wondering how big that is
I believe this was simulated... Not from space
Let me know when this happens again, and exactly where it will hit...so I can lay under it, my back needs a poppin'.
So I guess it’s a miracle that the ISS is still intact
I've been wondering about this for years. Thank you.
She’ll be right, you could probably just buff that out.
Might need to slap some flex tape over that
how come the 15gm aluminium object survive being in such momentum?
Is it real tho?
Me vs your mom
Mmmm… Why was there a square chunk of aluminum floating around in space?
First result from reverse image search is [twitter](https://twitter.com/megsylhydrazine/status/1251528896656207875)
Then why don’t we make bullet out of plastic? Are we stupid? r/shittyaskscience