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A Half-Ton Metal Ring Fell From the Sky in Kenya. Its Space Agency Confirmed What Many Already Suspected (www.xatakaon.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

8ft diameter is quite small by today's standards for a separation ring. Even Mercury Atlas rockets were 10ft in diameter. 8ft is more on the scale of weapons systems or maybe medium-lift launch vehicles.

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