Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon

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Before-and-after NASA images show crater carved by a SpaceX rocket that slammed into the moon

I believe that a Korean orbiter had images on the 6th but these seem higher resolution.

https://apnews.com/article/spacex-rocket-moon-crash-crater-52b76d61289c06b7d32348b082a8e6b8Open link View original on lemmy.world

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supersquirrel

lemmy.ca

It just makes you sad when you remember Musk wasn't on it.

jake_jake_jake_

lemmy.world

From NASA for more information: https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/moon/nasas-lro-images-falcon-9-crater-on-moon-learns-new-details/

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lemmy.today

Well, I guess we can't really be too upset about SpaceX "messing up the moon", because one of biggest things it does for us is pull and take hits from various space trash. :)