Bonk

Still at William Creek.
This is what stage 1 of a rocket looks like after it returns to earth from 50kms. Actually, I think it looks surprisingly good. They didn't use parachutes did they?
It comes from a British Black Arrow rocket that was fired from nearby Woomera rocket range to put a satellite into orbit in 1971. The rocket was recovered from nearby Anna Creek Station.

See the background to this series of postings at http://365project.org/terryliv/365/2015-08-12

[PhotoCrazy]

Nice old hardware

[Denise Wood]

Didn't quite reach it's destination :)

[Janiskay]

Interesting find!

[Peter Grave]

Nice find Terry.

[Sam]

The rocket is well intact however I'm glad nobody was underneath it as it landed!

[ShirleyB]

Very interesting, that could have caused a lot of damage if it had landed in the wrong place. Great find and capture.

[sally agnew]

Interesting , thanks for sharing Poppo :)

[Rachel]

Imagine that landing on your house! It would be interesting to see though.

[Debbie]

Ouch.

[Leana Niemand]

Interesting!

[Joan Robillard]

Scary to think of it landing in some one's back yard.

[Pam Knowler]

Scary what falls out of the sky!