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Awesome.
Part of a SpaceX rocket washes up on Scilly
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Finally get the chance to say this and not get looked at funny; we need to call nasa.
Seriously, salvage rights
Seriously, salvage rights
Except it's not is it. It's a collectors item. Plenty of people will want it, which gives it value.
Yeah but value will go up based on the amount of people that will A-want it and B-afford it. I'd say plenty is an over exaggeration. Maybe Elon might.
Scrap plus a bit more and your sold.
I doubt anyone on here knows. However it's not like normal salvage stuff, as it wasn't lost. It was purposely discarded.
A line from an article on NASA satellites would suggest it's still Spacex's
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Finders not keepers
"Because this is a U.S. government satellite, any object that does reach the surface of the Earth, should it be found, is still the property of the United States," said Nick Johnson, chief scientist of NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "You do not have the luxury of trying to sell it on eBay
If debris rains down outside the country, or splashes down in the ocean and later washes ashore on foreign soil, then the United Nations' Outer Space Treaty could still offer the U.S. the option of requesting the debris to be returned. Any of the 100 nations that are party to the 1967 convention would be required to comply, though the U.S. would be responsible for any transportation costs.
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Finders not keepers
"Because this is a U.S. government satellite, any object that does reach the surface of the Earth, should it be found, is still the property of the United States," said Nick Johnson, chief scientist of NASA's Orbital Debris Program Office at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. "You do not have the luxury of trying to sell it on eBay
If debris rains down outside the country, or splashes down in the ocean and later washes ashore on foreign soil, then the United Nations' Outer Space Treaty could still offer the U.S. the option of requesting the debris to be returned. Any of the 100 nations that are party to the 1967 convention would be required to comply, though the U.S. would be responsible for any transportation costs.
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So presumably space X Will be facing some very serious environmental fines/questions about dumping.
The paints and sealants and other things used in this stuff is quite toxic and can't just be dumped in the sea or landfill ed.
So if they've been saying it burns up and it doesn't this could be a big issue
The paints and sealants and other things used in this stuff is quite toxic and can't just be dumped in the sea or landfill ed.
So if they've been saying it burns up and it doesn't this could be a big issue
Yes you could sell it. There is a piece of the MV Cita, a cargo ship that went down of scilly and it's spare propeller is outside a hotel on scilly.
Could be the new toursit attraction for Scilly
The Old and the New, now all we need to do is to get a few Grand Designs on Scilly 
How do they get away with that kind of dumping?
No other choice, all rockets do the same, and it's such small qauntities. At least the rest of the world isn't china, where you get bits falling through your roof.
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How much do you think that worth ?