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

[Theophilus]

There is only a tiniest sliver of orbital space where such a nudge might work. It takes a lot of energy to de-orbit something. You generally need to brush the upper atmosphere to get the frictoon braking needed to slow dowm.

[enraged]

Good old days.
Estes is still in business too.

[MissEdie]

Thanks! :0) Wish I had the resources to go up and get it myself.

[jmacusa]

I found that those motors or what ever you called them made great pipe bombs. Me and my buddies took them down to an old abandoned factory with a small rail to it.

We could blow rail road ties in half with two or three of those things in a pipe.

It’s a miracle we weren’t killed, stupid kids.

[SunkenCiv]

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