Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs

Re:Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs by srvmshr on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:50PM (#36947846)

I am puzzled & maybe someone could throw light:

The canister looks like metal, and isn't airtight anymore. It has barnacles on one side, which makes it likely it was probably floating, rather than sitting on the seabed.

How did it manage to float so long without sinking? It looks structurally compromised from the photograph.

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Re:Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs by sawjet on Monday July 31, 2023 @04:06PM (#36948049)

It is likely that there are smaller, internal pressurant tanks that are sealed and could keep the craft bouyant

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Re:Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs by jmholla on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:53PM (#36947879)

Maybe it was on the seabed and the barnacles were working their way up when it was brought to shore tumultuously? Or maybe it was floating and the processes that brought it to shore caused that damage?

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Re:Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs by asow92 on Monday July 31, 2023 @03:56PM (#36947926)

Maybe there's a sequestered, hollowed out part inside keeping it afloat?

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Re:Space junk: India says object found in Australia is theirs by justinclift on Monday July 31, 2023 @05:36PM (#36949209)

Maybe instead of floating it was half-buried for a while?

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