Space debris crashes into Kenyan village, believed to be leftover rocket hardware

[Admin]

Kenya Space Agency officials report a large, “red-hot” metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter fell from the sky, crashing into Mukuku village.

Space debris crashes into Kenyan village, believed to be leftover rocket hardware : Read more

 

[eqnx97]

Just look at the skinny wooden stick holding up a 1,100 pounds metal ring!! This is a cover story!

 

[Unclear Engineer]

Looks like it might be a staging joint.

If it is a rocket component, I would expect somebody to recognize it as their own pretty soon from that photo. But, I guess that doesn't mean they will admit it right away.

I am wondering if it really weighs1,100 pounds. Maybe that "stick" supporting one side is actually an angle iron?

 

[ultimatewizz]

Kenya Space Agency officials report a large, “red-hot” metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter fell from the sky, crashing into Mukuku village.

Space debris crashes into Kenyan village, believed to be leftover rocket hardware : Read more

Well at least they did not start off with it is from SpaceX and Elon Musk.. Actually blames another company from 2004. But I am sure they will exaggerate and say it could have killed thousands.

 

[Musant]

Kenya Space Agency officials report a large, “red-hot” metallic ring roughly 8 feet (2.5 meters) in diameter fell from the sky, crashing into Mukuku village.

Space debris crashes into Kenyan village, believed to be leftover rocket hardware : Read more

The Russian Angara-A5M is 3.6 meters in diameter. However the Russian Rokot second stage is 2.5 meters in diameter, as is their UR-100N ICBM.

 

[Unclear Engineer]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...-ring-crashes-into-kenyan-village/vi-AA1wQVJl

This video shows a lot more detail of the object. It does not appear to be very thick, and I doubt it is made of heavy alloy, so the estimate of 1,100 pounds looks suspect.