Big Balls....

[mackbig]

....well one big ball, that fell from space.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/22/mysterious-metal-ball-from-space-falls-in-namibia/?hpt=hp_c2

Andrew

[mulveyr]

....well one big ball, that fell from space.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/22/mysterious-metal-ball-from-space-falls-in-namibia/?hpt=hp_c2

Andrew

Not that I would ever say something like "CNN should stop even pretending to employ journalists", but it's clearly a Soyuz helium tank:  http://fernlea.tripod.com/tank.html  Look at pictures near the bottom, in particular.

[neondesert]

Not that I would ever say something like "CNN should stop even pretending to employ journalists", but it's clearly a Soyuz helium tank:  http://fernlea.tripod.com/tank.html  Look at pictures near the bottom, in particular.

Could be, but NASA and the ESA use similar vessels as well.
Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessels