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The Guardian
@theguardian.com

SpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collision

theguardian.comSpaceX rocket hours away from crashing into the moon in unintentional collisionPiece of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket weighing four tonnes will hit the lunar surface on Wednesday at 5,400 miles per hour A four-tonne piece of a SpaceX rocket that has been floating in space since last year is set to unintentionally crash into the moon at high speed on Wednesday, a collision that poses no danger to Earth but will leave behind a new lunar crater and afford an opportunity for further scientific research. The ​school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lander from Firefly Aerospace toward the moon in January 2025. Continue reading...

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Brett
@23brett.bsky.social

Musk will blame black people in multiple X posts, which the media will ignore. Maga goons will arrest a former Olympian for staring at the rocket and making it crash.

Glenn Sekse
@gsekse.bsky.social

Headlines: "SpaceX reaches the moon, nobody is impressed" "Elon Musk makes unprovoked attack on moon, says it looked at him funny" "SpaceX offers to cleanup space junk for $10,000 a pound" 🤔🙄

Mark Laporta
@marklaporta.bsky.social

So the US govt gives billions to an aerospace company whose rockets keep crashing. Why dies anyone think that this is sound policy? NASA had the Challenger disaster and Congress was ready to pull the plug, despite a nearly flawless record.

Calèsiano
@calesiano.bsky.social

So far no permanent occupation but already strewn with detritus. Humans want to explore and colonise the universe so if anybody is out there shoot the fuckers down before they get there and trash your planet.