After mistaken identity and confusion, a piece of space junk slams into the Moon One thing that is certain is the object is now a crater

https://www.theverge.com ^ | Mar 4, 2022, 10:53am EST | By Loren Grush

[Army Air Corps]

So, that’s what happened to Estes rocket that I launched in 1987...

[C210N]

You may not want to admit that.

If the moon now tips over, they know who to go after.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“WHY WE NEED BETTER PLANS FOR DISPOSING OF OUR DEEP-SPACE DEBRIS”

Quaternary World Problems! ;)

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

So, that’s what happened to Estes rocket that I launched in 1987...

Nope, that landed in my swimming pool.

[Red Badger]

Mine too in 1974! I launched a Big Bertha in Denver and never saw it again!................It was windy that day...............

[glorgau]

Now the Chinese will claim that this was their plan all along to de-orbit trash onto the moon.

[Red Badger]

We should develop a robot craft that cleans up space by nudging debris into a crash and burn orbit.................

[equaviator]

“the object is now a crater”

Abracadabra?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I’ve got the rocket I built with my son when he was about 7 sitting in the garage. I’m downsizing right now and it looks like it’s time for the rocket to get lost.

[I-ambush]

No, the Estes rocket is still stuck on the roof.

[SaxxonWoods]

Who does the Moon sue?

[V_TWIN]

“the object is now a crater”

Abracadabra?

No, a 6000 MPH impact

[V_TWIN]

Sounds like a business opportunity:

“How much space junk is there?
While there are about 2,000 active satellites orbiting Earth at the moment, there are also 3,000 dead ones littering space. What’s more, there are around 34,000 pieces of space junk bigger than 10 centimetres in size and millions of smaller pieces that could nonetheless prove disastrous if they hit something else.”

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-space-junk-and-why-is-it-a-problem.html#:~:text=While%20there%20are%20about%202%2C000,if%20they%20hit%20something%20else.

[Dutch Boy]

In 1000 years some expert will stumble across it and develop and entire civilization that lived on the moon based on a tiny remaining shard.

[Red Badger]

Donate it to a good charity..............

[Blueflag]

Yeah I remember buying too much rocket motor for mine, and watched it go up and up and up.

Never saw it again, like several of my Estes adventures.

[DannyTN]

We want to litter the moon with rockets and war materials as a warning to any invading aliens to steer clear.

[GingisK]

And since it is circular in shape it will be declared to be an observatory and place or worship where sacrifices were made.

[GingisK]

There is at least one Hasselbald 2-1/4 X 2-1/4 camera in orbit.