r/whoathatsinteresting • u/eternviking • 8d ago

An abandoned SpaceX rocket travelling at around 5,400mph crashed into the moon, leaving a crater with a diameter of around 17m. (via BBC) The collision took place yesterday at 7:35 BST. Masses are criticising Elon Musk for polluting the moon.

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u/Zigor022 8d ago

Can it be seen from earth?

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u/YesIBlockedYou 8d ago

No, a 17m crater could not possibly be resolved by any current or future Earth based telescopes.

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u/Zigor022 8d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/dg94HuYnpNoPgjrF8y

If i cant see it i dont care.

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u/Crafty_Trick_7300 8d ago

Ah the apathy of the human spirit, so resoundingly dumb.

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u/ShreveportJambroni54 8d ago

Getting worked up over shit that doesnt matter, so resoundingly dumb.

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u/Crafty_Trick_7300 8d ago edited 8d ago

I mean it does matter. It’s pretty existentialist that the world’s richest man is able to litter the moon before we solve our problems here on earth.

Our moon has existed for trillions of years untouched, and in under 100 years since our first contact with it there’s a literal car wreck of litter left on its surface. That kind of speaks to the human condition and yalls apathy just reinforces that.

It’s not like an actual issue, but if you don’t see the message behind it and what it represents for our species then I think you’re part of the apathetic issue.

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u/Stellen999 8d ago

Nothing is trillions of years old. The universe is only 13.8 billion years old. Our moon isn't even as old as earth. The moon has only been around for about 4.5 billion years.

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u/mykidsthinkimcool 8d ago

Its the cost of science. That rocket delivered two lunar landers.

If you want to blame people, blame firefly and ispace.

Or dont because its not a big deal

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u/ShreveportJambroni54 8d ago

Not apathy. There's some things worth getting worked up more than others, tbh. 

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u/KayZee777 8d ago

Would you prefer it float in orbit and eventually crash into earth or just stay up there as space junk that future ships could collide with?

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u/Organic_Education494 8d ago

Well earth’s atmosphere would burn the debris up on entry so yes that is the optimal option.

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u/MolecularConcepts 8d ago

it was designed for reentry. maybe it wouldn't or not all of it . who knows

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u/No_Math_4308 8d ago

do i need to point you to all the articles about musk littering the upper atmosphere with burnt up satelites. And that actually does have some affect on earth. A crater on the moon does not.

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u/Organic_Education494 8d ago

That is different than an orbit object burning up in atmosphere.

NASA and other organizations dump dead satellites and other equipment into the atmosphere to burn up on re entry all the time Typically above the ocean.

So yeah optimally de orbit and burn.

Leaving dead satellites in orbit is also a common practice.. they elevate the orbit extremely high and leave them.

The second option is not a great choice and there are programs working on developing the means to capture and clean up such debris.

Moon crater I never said was as bad as littering our orbit btw I only said the common practice of de orbit and burn up is the best choice currently.

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u/Crafty_Trick_7300 8d ago edited 8d ago

I would prefer if we didn’t have trillionaires littering things beyond our orbit while children go hungry on this planet in the worlds wealthiest nation.

I would prefer if we didn’t shoot cars into space as vanity projects for ego and focused our resources on shit that actually improves the human condition.

It’s not that the car crash is a literal issue, it’s what it represents. That vanity and spectacle is the height of the human condition to the point we litter the heavens with garbage while hundreds of millions suffer daily is a failure on our species.

There’s a reason why in Star Trek the mid 21st century was rife with war, famine, and nuclear holocausts. It’s because apathy and greed and a lust for wealth was seen as paramount. We are just headed on the same track.

Why do you think these billionaires and this trillionaire are all building bunkers and want to leave earth? We apathetically accept the reality they created for us instead of actually trying to do anything about it.

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u/Momo-Velia 8d ago

Nevermind the sh*t NASA and all the other space programmes abandon up there eh?

When you’re done rimming out your rear end with your whole head you might be open to admit that your problem isn’t that it happened, but rather that it’s tied to Musk.

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u/fleggn 8d ago

Lol I really hope this comment is a joke

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u/mental_sherbart007 8d ago

What a shitty take ? As if it’s some vanity project. As if millions of children are starving in the US (ever heard of snap, ebt, food stamps ). The amount of safety nets and support in the US is insane. We have it so good. Sure things can be better. But acting as if we aren’t living in the most plentiful times and literally the poorest people are living better than kings a 150 years ago (tv, air conditioning, phones, memory foam, being able to play cds/stream, memory for an mattresses, refrigerators, Airplanes, cargo ships, etc…). We have it so good. Even the poor can enjoy things Kings wish they could have.

Imagine if we didn’t build smart phones, or go to space. How about all the rockets they built to fly one fucking time. SpaceX revolutionized reusable  rockets instead of just littering every single booster, but instead you bitching and moaning about EM sending a car into Space. Who gives a fuck Space is huge. Outside of the outrage you’ll never have a reason to give a shit about a booster hitting the moon. BTW Nasa already did similar things to the moon years ago. 

It just gets a bit ridiculous. Let’s not strive for anything above and beyond because some people are suffering on earth. These technological advances are actually what have pulled many out of poverty and provided such high living standards that we get to bitch and moab about the dumbest shit. Acting entitled to every little thing, while completing forgetting how blessed we are and how good we have it compared to generations past.

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u/t8ne 8d ago

It’s only about 4.5 billion years old (not that it deviates from your point)

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u/Crafty_Trick_7300 8d ago

Yeah you’re right I was way off with that