Derelict SpaceX Rocket Debris Punches New Hole in the Moon, Sparking Calls for Space Industry Accountability

Space junk punched a new hole in the moon. It’s not ours to abuse | Moriba Jah

The space industry treats the sky as a place to dump what it no longer wants. We must develop a new model of accountability On 5 August, a piece of a derelict SpaceX rocket traveling at 5,400 miles an hour met with the moon and punched a fresh hole into it near Einstein Crater. Astronomers were thrilled. The European Southern Observatory caught sodium and lithium flaring in the debris plume and called it a bonus. The media called it a light show. Nobody was physically hurt, so nobody is respo...

By Moriba Jah