When is the SpaceX rocket going to crash into the Moon?
on his website. “This is the first time that something not explicitly targeted at the Moon has been noticed to accidentally hit it.”
He says that it’s mainly because no one has been paying attention to the 30 to 50 lost deep space objects until Bill Gray, who spotted 2015-007B.“This is not ‘SpaceX did something bad’—it’s perfectly standard practice to abandon stuff in deep orbit,” writes McDowell. “This is ‘none of the space agencies care about leaving stuff out beyond the Moon’.”
However, with the age of commercial space industry there’s going to be a lot more junk like this. Something needs to be done. “It’s time for the world to get more serious about regulating and cataloging deep space activity,” writes McDowell.There seems to be a swell of doubt around whether the carbon footprints of rocket launches can be justified in this age of rampant climate change. Attaching the term “space junk” and Elon Musk’s name instantly make it a big and negative story.
However, it’s worth remembering that the DSCOVR satellite this spent rocket part came from is doing incredible science. It’s giving the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration read-outs of the current state of space weather, which when severe can cause problems for astronauts, satellites and electricity grids.
More importantly, it’s part of a suite of Earth and space-observing satellites that tell us much of what we know about our changing climate.Follow me on
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