NASA's "spaceship" that has never been in space (10 photos)

In Oklahoma, in a roadside ditch near the city of Winganon, there is a local landmark called the NASA spaceship crashed. The medium-sized structure is located right next to the road and has already gained a lot of popularity among the passers-by. Many people strive to take pictures with the "spaceship", arrange stops for rest and picnics near it, but the history of this object can only be told locals.

In 1959, a concrete mixer overturned on this road. By the time the equipment arrived, the concrete in the barrel was already frozen, so it remained lying by the road. For a long time, no one was going to clean the barrel, and it began to be covered with various obscene inscriptions. However, when a young family bought a nearby farm, it was decided to turn the barrel into a local landmark.



The neighbors joined the work, who also really liked this idea.



The barrel was cleaned of rust and covered with steel sheets.

On it there were dummies of engine nozzles.

And also some other pseudo-constructs.

The original painting allowed to complete the project.

Already a couple of years ago, as a story roamed the Internet, an object was found in a roadside ditch near the town of Winganon, Oklahoma (USA), very similar to spacecraft NASA.

Well, you and I know about all sorts of parts from the stages of missiles or unburnt elements of satellites and fuel tanks. What is it they have discovered? It’s very big and in very good condition ...

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OK OK! I will not mislead you. The medium-sized structure is located right next to the road and has already gained a lot of popularity among the passers-by. Many people strive to take pictures with the "spaceship", arrange stops for rest and picnics near it, but the history of this object can only be told by local residents.

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In 1959, a concrete mixer overturned on this road. By the time the equipment arrived, the concrete in the barrel was already frozen, so it remained lying by the road. For a long time, no one was going to clean the barrel, and it began to be covered with various obscene inscriptions. However, when a young family bought a nearby farm, it was decided to turn the barrel into a local landmark.

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The neighbors joined the work, who also really liked this idea.

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The barrel was cleaned of rust and covered with steel sheets.

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On it there were dummies of engine nozzles. And also some other pseudo-constructs.

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The original painting allowed to complete the project.

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And then it was a matter of technology: a couple of blurry photos in Flicker, a couple more with indistinctly disturbing comments on Facebook, confirmation to the newspapermen - about the call of the HAZMAT service - to familiar police officers, posted on Youtube - and the rally started.

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The home-made NASA spacecraft has become a local landmark, and is now visited from surrounding cities for a picnic with farmer's lemonade.

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Random anecdote:

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Did you know?

In March 1989, while working for the European Council for Nuclear Research (fr. Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire, CERN), Tim Berners-Lee proposed a project that involved the publication of hypertext documents linked by hyperlinks. This was to make it easier for CERN scientists to collect and search for information. To carry out the project, Tim Berners-Lee (together with his assistants) invented URIs, the HTTP protocol, and the HTML language. Without these technologies, the modern Internet cannot be imagined. Between 1991 and 1993, Berners-Lee improved the technical specifications of these standards and published them. But, nevertheless, officially the year of birth of the World Wide Web should be considered 1989.