My family and I were snorkeling in a remote island in Honduras and stumbled across this when we were exploring the island. It looks like an upper cowling from a rocket but Wondering if anyone could identify exactly what it was.
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1f6s3uz
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What is the full text? I can only make out a few letters.
Very cool find. From a quick google search, possibly belongs to a European civilian space launch program
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariane_(rocket_family)
Almost looks like “Arian”? The font also seemingly matches that of ESA’s Ariane rocket program. [Logo (matching blue swoop?)](https://www.esa.int/var/esa/storage/images/enabling_support/space_transportation/ariane/22007850-26-eng-GB/Ariane_pillars.png)
wow. that’s an Ariane Space rocket piece. Fairing? Interstage? May be from Ariane 6’s maiden launch a couple months ago.
I’d be giddy as hell to find this. I’d also be contacting them to let them know.
It definitely reads arianespace. That logo I think is printed on the bit that connects first to second stage on Ariane 5.
[Ariane 5](http://www.arianespace.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/ariane5-small-2020.png)
You found a kid?
Give him back to the parents
It’s from an ariane space rocket, they might want that back since you found it and all.
I’d be loading it in my truck and slapping that puppy on ebay 😂
Leave it. In 3,000 years some ape archeologist will find it and it’ll blow his mind.
Why would they want it back? It’s broken. Finders keepers. I’ll drag it home for my junk collection
That’s really cool. I assume you’re on vacation and can’t take it with you which is a bummer.
Seriously I will probably never find anything as cool as this.
It should be hanging on the wall of a Shenanigans restaurant.
I would keep this for sure. Unless I had to give it back..Very cool piece of history and it’s crazy you found this. What are the chances?
This could be used as an improvised sail and would hopefully get you and little Wilson there out past the reef. Tie him on super securely though please.
yall miss the fact that they’re on a remote island? gonna be pretty hard to take that back anywhwere lol
I’d post this on r/scrapmetal you could be standing on a major payday at least $60
It’s definitely a piece of an Ariane rocket, and from other comments it seems to be part of the interstate of an Ariane 5.
What I want to know is how part of an Ariane 5 interstage ended up in the gulf of Mexico (or maybe just south of it). That seems like a long way for the rocket to travel before stage separation.
If I found that I’d get it restored and it’d be hanging in the living room for the rest of my life!!
I don’t know how but it’s yours now and you can try and make some money off of it 😂
I doubt they want it back. Just keep it. It’s a cool souvenir.