Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with moon | SpaceX | The Guardian WWW.THEGUARDIAN.COM Falcon 9 booster, launched from Florida in 2015 to deploy Deep Space Climate Observatory, has followed ‘chaotic’ orbit since Quote A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space, experts say. The booster was originally launched from Florida in February 2015 as part of an interplanetary mission to send a space weather satellite on a million-mile journey. But after completing a long burn of its engines and sending the NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory on its way to the Lagrange point – a gravity-neutral position four times further than the moon and in direct line with the sun – the rocket’s second stage became derelict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Hopefully the lizard people living underneath the surface of the moon don't take this as a declaration of war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Vic20 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Well, that's one way to leave your mark! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 So great that Lord Elon is polluting celestial bodies now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 Will we be able to see it? The footage from the would be fucking dope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said: Will we be able to see it? The footage from the would be fucking dope. Going to hit the opposite side of the moon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizzzzle Posted January 26, 2022 Share Posted January 26, 2022 4 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Going to hit the opposite side of the moon! Bummer, no fun for anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted March 4, 2022 Author Share Posted March 4, 2022 The piece of space junk has impacted on the far side of the moon (supposedly) Abandoned rocket 'hits the Moon' - scientists WWW.BBC.COM The Moon's far side should now have a new crater after being hit by a large chunk of space junk. Quote A discarded part of a rocket should have crashed into the Moon's far side by now, say scientists who were expecting the impact at 12:25 GMT. The three-tonne rocket part had been tracked for a number of years, but its origin was contested. At first, astronomers thought it might have belonged to Elon Musk's SpaceX firm, and then said it was Chinese - something China denies. The effects of the impact on the Moon should have been minor. The rocket stage would have dug out a small crater and created a plume of dust. Scientists hope to get confirmation in the coming days, or weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 Now the moon's gonna get closer! Thanks, Musk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted March 4, 2022 Share Posted March 4, 2022 47 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Now the moon's gonna get closer! Thanks, Musk! That would be hilarious. Esp if it crashed into Russia and obliterated the legacy of the Rus people before killing the rest of us. hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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