Drought exposes Columbia debris in Lake Nacogdoches

[UpInArms]

Source: My San Antonio

The state's worst drought since the 1950s has led to the recovery in East Texas of a large piece of debris from space shuttle Columbia, which disintegrated over there nearly a decade ago.

Officials in Nacogdoches made the discovery Friday as waters in Lake Nacogdoches receded during a relentless drought that began last October.

“The lower water level has exposed a larger than normal area on the northern side of the lake,” said Nacogdoches Police Department Sgt. Greg Sowell.

The Nacogdoches officials sent photos to NASA and the space agency confirmed the debris on Tuesday as a fuel tank that was part of the shuttle's electrical power system.

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[TexasProgresive]

1. Locally it is up in the air as to whether it is from the shuttle.

To my knowledge NASA has not checked it out yet. It's an unidentified spherical, corroded piece of metal. National news types are jumping the gun.

[RamboLiberal]

2. I read NASA confirmed from Columbia

Tank that provided power and water.