Astronomers now say the rocket about to strike the Moon is not a Falcon 9 - by SciGuySpace
About three weeks ago, Ars Technica first reported that astronomers were tracking the upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket and were increasingly confident that it would strike the Moon on March 4.
Further ReadingAfter 7 years, a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage is on course to hit the Moon However, it turns out we were all wrong. A Falcon 9 rocket is not going to, in fact, strike the Moon next month. Instead, it's probably a Chinese rocket. This might have been a harmless and entirely unnoticed error until astronomers found that this object was about to strike the Moon. Suddenly, the potential for an errant Falcon 9 rocket—after all, Elon Musk is a global celebrity—was big news around the world.
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