That's most likely a pressurization tank, containing helium. You'll find similar spherical tanks in many rocket designs. The tanks containing nasties no doubt disintegrated when the contents decomposed during the re-entry.
Put that piece in Houston Since we didnt get anything of that other space craft because it went to New York So All NASA States (Not New York) Got a Piece But Houston???
@WebsiteToSell I need to see a tank they are talking about they never showed us so there is nothing to compare it too.He points to a shuttle how about showing us an actual tank this is why nobody ever believes Nasa.Just show us a real tank next to this one and we can know beyond the shadow of a doubt this is what it is from.Nasa=Never A Straight Answer.Could very well be something else they made or something somebody else did for all we know.Why make big deal over it?
I live in nacogdoches, this is our citys water supply, the lake, and DONT TOUCH they say!makes you wonder how much toxic stuff we drank if its as dangerous as they say!!
I was a young adult when I watched Challenger explode. So when I watched Columbia break-up I had the same reaction: Utter disbelief, shock, denial. It felt, again, like it was a personal loss. It's comforting to know that NASA shares information in order to learn from mistakes. Unfortunately disasters happen, but life and research must go on. Why? Becasue that's what humans do*
@7PallasAthena7 "It's comforting to know that NASA shares information in order to learn from mistakes."
That is EXACTLY why I love NASA. Just as he said, use the debris to research and study so that they can prevent a "Columbia" from happening "out there". It pisses me off how people think space is over for Americans post Shuttle program.
Uh...Hell to the NO it ain't over! The wait sucks I know, but it WILL be worth it because that's when the fun really begins!! :)
@MidNightRider2001 ok than why dont you go looking for a space craft that exploded miles off the earths surface, traveling more than the speed of sound?? The american public is so clueless these days..
glad you guys are finding these pieces. I remember watching what happened that day on the tv, it kinda put a damper on my birthday later in february but I blew those seven candles out in memory of those astronauts.
@selearemus .. The man says: "Researchers around the country can request pieces for loan, and use those pieces to continue research for more stronger spacecraft for future operations. And also as an educational platform for students to learn about failure analysis, science engineering and physics in the upper atmosphere."
January 16, 2003, the mission start, So this pod-tank has been under the water and revealed by the current heatwave which lowered the level of he lake. Lucky find
STS-107 A multi-disciplinary microgravity and Earth science research mission. Shuttle destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 and all seven astronauts on board died.2003, January 16
That's most likely a pressurization tank, containing helium. You'll find similar spherical tanks in many rocket designs. The tanks containing nasties no doubt disintegrated when the contents decomposed during the re-entry.
KarriKoivusalo 1 month ago
Glad that's what it is. I would've hated to see the size of the spiders if that sphere turned out to be an egg sack. Kind of looks like one.
kingmackattack42 4 months ago
lmfao damn cover up XD
Mindofpoet 4 months ago
@Mindofpoet what's the coverup?
FantasticBob7000 4 months ago
The hole looks so photoshop.
Imhornydadcomeinside 4 months ago
Strange how they have found similiar looking things in Russia, found on lake beds also.
cyaninternetdog 5 months ago
cryogenic tank my ass.
undergroundjackal 5 months ago
Boy ol' Boy Hes Reading that teleprompter HARD.
TroyCottonJr 5 months ago
That is not a gas tank. It's a weather balloon. LOL!
crlwllns 5 months ago
Put that piece in Houston Since we didnt get anything of that other space craft because it went to New York So All NASA States (Not New York) Got a Piece But Houston???
SupurNerd29 6 months ago
I couldn't really determine how large the tank was based on the pictures. I needed something to compare it to in the photo.
WebsiteToSell 6 months ago
@WebsiteToSell I need to see a tank they are talking about they never showed us so there is nothing to compare it too.He points to a shuttle how about showing us an actual tank this is why nobody ever believes Nasa.Just show us a real tank next to this one and we can know beyond the shadow of a doubt this is what it is from.Nasa=Never A Straight Answer.Could very well be something else they made or something somebody else did for all we know.Why make big deal over it?
korzon 6 months ago
@korzon Its a tank from the orbiter. The other 32 of them recovered are at Kennedy and have been for years.
aimhigh59 5 months ago
but whats the use of recovering it???
CaptainGeek5 6 months ago
@CaptainGeek5 Put it in a museum and behold in awe!
CommissarBraxton 6 months ago
@CaptainGeek5 If You Recover More Of A Orbiter You Can Learn More About The Disaster.
TrainGuy33 6 months ago
Interesting.
RamonaFromPomona 6 months ago
I live in nacogdoches, this is our citys water supply, the lake, and DONT TOUCH they say!makes you wonder how much toxic stuff we drank if its as dangerous as they say!!
SexyLabyrinthsGirl 7 months ago
@SexyLabyrinthsGirl That was a liquid hydrogen tank. It's not dangerous. He even stated that it was safe besides exposed steel.
paramedic90emt 6 months ago
I was a young adult when I watched Challenger explode. So when I watched Columbia break-up I had the same reaction: Utter disbelief, shock, denial. It felt, again, like it was a personal loss. It's comforting to know that NASA shares information in order to learn from mistakes. Unfortunately disasters happen, but life and research must go on. Why? Becasue that's what humans do*
7PallasAthena7 7 months ago
@7PallasAthena7 "It's comforting to know that NASA shares information in order to learn from mistakes."
That is EXACTLY why I love NASA. Just as he said, use the debris to research and study so that they can prevent a "Columbia" from happening "out there". It pisses me off how people think space is over for Americans post Shuttle program.
Uh...Hell to the NO it ain't over! The wait sucks I know, but it WILL be worth it because that's when the fun really begins!! :)
bubblinbrownsugar616 7 months ago 2
Its really a weird but the columbia exploded on the same month day and year my brother was born...
HannahAndAlena 7 months ago
@HannahAndAlena That's not weird, that's just a complete coincidence.
thewormherder 7 months ago
@HannahAndAlena
Not weird.
SOMEONE has to have been born on that day.
That's your brother...
Heaney5551 7 months ago
It's unconstitutional for anyone in the government to approve of my comment.
MidNightRider2001 7 months ago
Nice clean up job NASA, eight years and counting.
MidNightRider2001 7 months ago
@MidNightRider2001 ok than why dont you go looking for a space craft that exploded miles off the earths surface, traveling more than the speed of sound?? The american public is so clueless these days..
DVA5656 7 months ago
Cant beleive its been 8 years allready... RIP
Boweavel 7 months ago
this is the final piece on Columbia with this found Columbia can now rest in peace
geomodelrailroader 7 months ago
@geomodelrailroader 'think somewhere in the video he says they've only recovered 40% of the shuttle...
Krayt1138 7 months ago 6
It is a bit weird to see him talking to an invisible interviewer above his eyesight, not to us.
LeadHammer 7 months ago
glad you guys are finding these pieces. I remember watching what happened that day on the tv, it kinda put a damper on my birthday later in february but I blew those seven candles out in memory of those astronauts.
modeltrainman12345 7 months ago
why do you need that junk?
selearemus 7 months ago
@selearemus .. The man says: "Researchers around the country can request pieces for loan, and use those pieces to continue research for more stronger spacecraft for future operations. And also as an educational platform for students to learn about failure analysis, science engineering and physics in the upper atmosphere."
StonesDunedin 7 months ago
@selearemus It's not junk it's part of the 7 astronaughts memory and to carry on sts 107's reasearch for mankind
Jamesc457 7 months ago
January 16, 2003, the mission start, So this pod-tank has been under the water and revealed by the current heatwave which lowered the level of he lake. Lucky find
crimsoncoin 7 months ago
STS-107 A multi-disciplinary microgravity and Earth science research mission. Shuttle destroyed during re-entry on February 1, 2003 and all seven astronauts on board died.2003, January 16
crimsoncoin 7 months ago 10