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A Texas farmer found a charred ACES astronaut helmet lying in his rural field following the tragic Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003. (lemmy.world)

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[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Stuff survives reentry all the time. A lot of times things will be targeted to an area of the South Pacific known as the “spacecraft cemetery” because it’s the most distant point in any ocean from any land. Of course, a lot more stuff has an uncontrolled reentry and just lands wherever. As we launch more spacecraft and more people have smartphones and social media we’ll probably see more examples of space debris landing around the world.