Elon Musk to achieve lifelong dream, crashing rocket into moon from florida

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Convex: Aug 19, 2010

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/26/out-of-control-spacex-rocket-on-track-to-collide-with-the-moon

quote:

Out-of-control SpaceX rocket on collision course with the moon

A SpaceX rocket is on a collision course with the moon after spending almost seven years hurtling through space, experts say.

The booster was originally launched from Florida in February 2015 as part of an interplanetary mission to send a space weather satellite on a million-mile journey.

But after completing a long burn of its engines and sending the NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory on its way to the so-called Lagrange point – a gravity-neutral position four times further than the moon and in direct line with the sun – the rocket’s second stage became derelict.

At this stage it was high enough that it did not have enough fuel to return to Earth’s atmosphere but also “lacked the energy to escape the gravity of the Earth-Moon system”, meteorologist Eric Berger explained in a recent post on Ars Technica.

“So it has been following a somewhat chaotic orbit since February 2015,” Berger added.

Space observers believe the rocket – about four metric tonnes of “space junk” – is on course to intersect with the moon at a velocity of about 2.58km/s in a matter of weeks.

Bill Gray, who writes software to track near-Earth objects, asteroids, minor planets, and comets, has said the Falcon 9’s upper stage will very likely hit the far side of the moon, near the equator, on 4 March.

The data analyst said in a recent blog post that the object “made a close lunar flyby on January 5” but will make “a certain impact at March 4”.

“This is the first unintentional case [of space junk hitting the moon] of which I am aware,” Gray added.

Great job, nice try! Personally I'm looking forward to when my entire town is smashed by a giant grimes statue sometime in 2034

# ? Jan 26, 2022 08:08

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# ? May 27, 2022 16:52

Cubone: May 26, 2011; Because it never leaves its bedroom, no one has ever seen this poster's real face.

elon musk is a stupid little wiener. I wish that loving dweeb was right here so I could tell him to his face "nice rocket bitch" and push him down

# ? Jan 26, 2022 08:14

Milo and POTUS: Sep 3, 2017; I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Cubone posted:

elon musk is a stupid little wiener. I wish that loving dweeb was right here so I could tell him to his face "nice rocket bitch" and push him down

can i do that thing where i crouch behind him

# ? Jan 26, 2022 08:47

By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

Well good, for far too long the pristine moon surface has mocked our busy planet!

# ? Jan 26, 2022 08:52

Caesar Saladin: Aug 15, 2004

It'd be so funny if this guy died

# ? Jan 26, 2022 08:53

Weka: May 5, 2019

Isn't it going to maybe land near the Chinese base?

# ? Jan 26, 2022 10:36

By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

Accidentally starting WW3 would be real funny.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 10:40

great big cardboard tube: Sep 3, 2003

He should go on the Joe Rogan podcast again to explain this the people need to know the facts

# ? Jan 26, 2022 10:55

Dumb Sex-Parrot: Dec 24, 2020; Merry, uuhhhh
hmmm....??

Merry Birdmas

This will anger the Moon People.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 10:58

Convex: Aug 19, 2010

Dumb Sex-Parrot posted:

This will anger the Moon People.

they're called clangers, actually

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok6CoIwcJ-E

# ? Jan 26, 2022 11:23

SLICK GOKU BABY: Jun 12, 2001; Havin' a roni

Weka posted:

Isn't it going to maybe land near the Chinese base?

It's actually planned to bomb the base. hth.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 11:24

BigBadSteve: Apr 29, 2009; _{Self Defense}
Nil Satanus carborundum

_{Yeshua akbar!}
_{_{(Xtian anarchisto, no bombo)}}

Elon, more like felon. He should be banished to Mars for his Moon littering and vandalism.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 12:31

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; My "Not Vincent Price" shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.; Smellrose

Cubone posted:

elon musk is a stupid little wiener. I wish that loving dweeb was right here so I could tell him to his face "nice rocket bitch" and push him down

# ? Jan 26, 2022 13:24

That strange guy: Dec 14, 2014; It's not strange if we never mention it again.

" My eye !!! The doctor told me not to get rockets in it!"

# ? Jan 26, 2022 13:26

hot cocoa on the couch: Dec 8, 2009

gently caress the moon

# ? Jan 26, 2022 13:26

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

hot cocoa on the couch posted:

gently caress the moon

Elon Musk is doing his best

# ? Jan 26, 2022 13:27

Weka: May 5, 2019

SLICK GOKU BABY posted:

It's actually planned to bomb the base. hth.

It's unfortunate it's not a Russian base. They would polonium his dumb rear end so hard it would rule.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 13:38

BAGS FLY AT NOON: Apr 6, 2011; this kills the crab

Sure, they're visually impressive, but a lot of posters find large avatars physically uncomfortable. Furthermore, the owners of large avatars often rely on their size alone and don't bother to develop more refined posting techniques.

Is there still time to get Elon on board the rocket?

# ? Jan 26, 2022 14:07

Barry Foster: Dec 24, 2007; Brush your teeth.

Hammerite posted:

Elon Musk is doing his best

his best at being a complete oval office amirite!!!

# ? Jan 26, 2022 14:18

Mooey Cow: Jan 27, 2018; Pillbug

I wish that moon was my balls :blush:

# ? Jan 26, 2022 14:42

hot cocoa on the couch: Dec 8, 2009

Mooey Cow posted:

I wish that moon was my balls

that can be arranged

# ? Jan 26, 2022 14:42

By popular demand: Jul 17, 2007; IT *BZZT* WASP ME--
IT WASP ME ALL *BZZT* ALONG!

When my balls hit youre eye like a big piece of pie thats amore

# ? Jan 26, 2022 14:52

kntfkr: Feb 11, 2019; GOOSE FUCKER

since the dawn of time, man has always sought to destroy the moon

# ? Jan 26, 2022 14:56

BAGS FLY AT NOON: Apr 6, 2011; this kills the crab

Sure, they're visually impressive, but a lot of posters find large avatars physically uncomfortable. Furthermore, the owners of large avatars often rely on their size alone and don't bother to develop more refined posting techniques.

https://youtu.be/qrP6PWL6qhI

# ? Jan 26, 2022 14:59

Bula Vinaka: Oct 21, 2020; beach side

Cubone posted:

elon musk is a stupid little wiener. I wish that loving dweeb was right here so I could tell him to his face "nice rocket bitch" and push him down

on youtube you can watch a bunch of videos of ~~tHuNd3Rf0oT_~ owning him for about like 8 hours all together

# ? Jan 26, 2022 15:35

hot cocoa on the couch: Dec 8, 2009

kntfkr posted:

since the dawn of time, man has always sought to destroy the moon

it does nothing for us but taunt us

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:08

Big Beef City: Aug 15, 2013; Bigger Beef Corporation

M-O-O-N, that spells 'Elon'!

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:15

AARD VARKMAN: May 17, 1993

kntfkr posted:

since the dawn of time, man has always sought to destroy the moon

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:15

Agent Escalus: Oct 5, 2002; "I couldn't stop saying aloud how miscast Jim Carrey was!"

Why hasn’t Elon tweeted about this yet?!

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:28

AARD VARKMAN: May 17, 1993

Not to offend but I think that littering on the moon should be a capital offense.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:33

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Send Elon to the moon to clean up his mess imo

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:35

Big Beef City: Aug 15, 2013; Bigger Beef Corporation

Aardvark! posted:

Not to offend but I think that littering on the moon should be a capital offense.

So all the stuff we left up there?
Who gets blamed for that stuff directly?

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:39

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Nazis, they have a whole city there on the moon.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:41

AARD VARKMAN: May 17, 1993

Big Beef City posted:

So all the stuff we left up there?
Who gets blamed for that stuff directly?

I would start with the astronauts and then work my way up. Like, Buzz Aldrin? That guy DEFinitely deserves the death penalty.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:44

Big Beef City: Aug 15, 2013; Bigger Beef Corporation

Aardvark! posted:

I would start with the astronauts and then work my way up. Like, Buzz Aldrin? That guy DEFinitely deserves the death penalty.

drat.

You mess with the moon, and Aard doesn't play around. He loves the drat moon. Gonna marry the friggin moon and have sex w/it and have moon babies which is very gross and probably illegal as well. I dunno if your loving husband from yesterday is going to like these developments or accept your disgusting moon mistress and deformed space babies into your hovel.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:49

Yaldabaoth: Oct 9, 2012; I MISSED YOUR OLD AV BECAUSE IT WAS FIT SOOOOOOOO WELL.

YOU POST LIKE A DRUNK JORDAN PETERSON THAT LOOKS LIKE HE'S MELTING UNDER THE STRAIN OF ALL OF GBS TELLING HIM TO GET FUCKED.

IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL TO BE THIS BAD AT POSTING

FURTHERMORE I

Agent Escalus posted:

Why hasn’t Elon tweeted about this yet?!

He's too busy laughing and dancing like a monkey over hearing the news.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:50

Cream-of-Plenty: Apr 21, 2010; "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering."

Aardvark! posted:

I would start with the astronauts and then work my way up. Like, Buzz Aldrin? That guy DEFinitely deserves the death penalty.

Remember the time Buzz Aldrin punched a dude in the face for telling Aldrin to "pick up his moon trash"?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQKVdVqFZv0

# ? Jan 26, 2022 16:57

The Moon Monster: Dec 30, 2005; Just testing the new forum store on a random goon.

article posted:

the so-called Lagrange point

# ? Jan 26, 2022 17:01

Mooey Cow: Jan 27, 2018; Pillbug

Aardvark! posted:

Not to offend but I think that littering on the moon should be a capital offense.

It is. That's why no one has visited the Moon twice; the moon people would execute them immediately.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 17:12

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# ? May 27, 2022 16:52

blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

Let’s blow up the moon.

# ? Jan 26, 2022 17:44

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