averageguy · 46-50, M
WillaKissing · 61-69, M
@averageguy So we are at war with the moon now for striking asteroids in the milky way like Iran with ships in the gulf of Hormuz?
JimboSaturn · 56-60, M
ArishMell · 70-79, M
The BBC isn't calling it that. The geologists are.
The News was only repeating the scientists' "gift" claim but I agree the point about more man-made junk on the Moon.
Whether it could be condemned as damage considering the scrap rocket stage had done nothing that millions of years of meteor strikes have not done, is another matter; but at least those are natural objects. Not some millionaire's discarded scrap metal, albeit accidental.
I suppose the rocket was meant either eventually to drift further way into Space, or to fall back to Earth, being destroyed as it passes through the atmosphere; but it does highlight just how increasingly wasteful the use of Space is becoming. Not just research, but shallow commerce too.
Though Musk could not care less.
The News was only repeating the scientists' "gift" claim but I agree the point about more man-made junk on the Moon.
Whether it could be condemned as damage considering the scrap rocket stage had done nothing that millions of years of meteor strikes have not done, is another matter; but at least those are natural objects. Not some millionaire's discarded scrap metal, albeit accidental.
I suppose the rocket was meant either eventually to drift further way into Space, or to fall back to Earth, being destroyed as it passes through the atmosphere; but it does highlight just how increasingly wasteful the use of Space is becoming. Not just research, but shallow commerce too.
Though Musk could not care less.
emiliya · 26-30, F
What is BBC?
WillaKissing · 61-69, M
You know I find it very odd that supposedly the US landed Astro naughts on the moon in the early 1960's and the latest moon exploration was to send a space craft around the moon in a full circle for the first time ever. And when I saw the interview of the head of NASA and he was asked when will you send a mission to land on the moon next? His reply was "Oh We Do Not Have That Technology Yet"!
Let that sink in for a minute supposedly we had it back in 1962 when we landed on the moon, where the heck did, they lose that technology at, Disneyland????
Let that sink in for a minute supposedly we had it back in 1962 when we landed on the moon, where the heck did, they lose that technology at, Disneyland????
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@ArishMell why not?
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@InterdimensionalSideEye I don't know why not. It'ssomething that has to happen at governmental level and by international agreements; and so far at least governments are still wedded to the idea of throwing as much metal into Earth orbit as possible without considering needs and consequences.
DareToSayIT · M
NASA deliberately crashed its own hardware during the Apollo missions to study moonquakes. They said “the moon rung like a bell” describing the structural and seismic behavior of the Moon, not an audible sound.
This spaceX one is a pure operational oversight. The rocket successfully deployed its payloads, but SpaceX left the upper stage with no fuel or plan for a controlled disposal. This left it drifting as dangerous space debris, which international space experts consider a modern failure in space sustainability.
This spaceX one is a pure operational oversight. The rocket successfully deployed its payloads, but SpaceX left the upper stage with no fuel or plan for a controlled disposal. This left it drifting as dangerous space debris, which international space experts consider a modern failure in space sustainability.