Columbia Tank Found on Lakebed

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A drought in Texas lowered Lake Nacogdoches enough to uncover an aluminum tank from Columbia's STS-107 mission.

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  • 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

  • @geomodelrailroader 'think somewhere in the video he says they've only recovered 40% of the shuttle...

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  • 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.

  • @Mindofpoet what's the coverup?

  • 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.

  • lmfao damn cover up XD

  • The hole looks so photoshop.

  • @korzon Its a tank from the orbiter. The other 32 of them recovered are at Kennedy and have been for years.

  • Strange how they have found similiar looking things in Russia, found on lake beds also.

  • cryogenic tank my ass.

  • Boy ol' Boy Hes Reading that teleprompter HARD.

  • That is not a gas tank. It's a weather balloon. LOL!

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