You are reading a single comment by @dicki and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
-
Don't get me wrong, I'd rather not be on "Elon's side" here, but surely it's a better outcome that it crashes into the moon (or break up on Earth re-entry for that matter) than be left in an uncontrollable orbit.
There have been plenty of probes/landers in the past few years that have ended their journey by impacting the moon, whether intentionally or not.
space x rocket on collision course with moon
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/jan/26/out-of-control-spacex-rocket-on-track-to-collide-with-the-moon
not happy with destroying our first , we've started on the path to destroying our 2nd ball of rock
yay humans,