This happens.
Incidentally, it is mine, you know. I thought my neighbour had yanked that out of a pile of stuff that was shoring up a jerry-rigged structure in my back yard.
I was mad at her for months, and she was mad at me for being mad at her.
Turns out, the thing somehow got butt-kicked to Mars. NASA has got a lot to answer for in my view!
Hat tip: Five Feet of Fury