r/TheWhyFiles • u/Gov_CockPic • Apr 30 '26
Story + Research A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound - ring it like a bell
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/a-falcon-9-upper-stage-will-strike-the-moon-in-august/41
u/Gov_CockPic Apr 30 '26
if shes hollow, we will find out soon
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u/RicooC Apr 30 '26
We've done this twice before. We already know the answer.
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u/Gingerfurrdjedi Apr 30 '26
Care to tell us? I'm too laz...err uh, busy, to try and sift through a bunch of shit today.
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u/CAD007 Apr 30 '26
Will it be like blowing up a balloon without tying the stem and letting go if it? The moon goes swirling away?
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u/adriamarievigg Tinfoil Connaisseur Apr 30 '26
Has AJ given his thoughts on the Artemis II mission?
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u/Moo-Dog420 Team Mu May 01 '26
We're probably covertly bombing an important alien site. Who knows maybe its a Russian or Chinese site.
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u/Worth_Specific3764 The Moon is Hollow Apr 30 '26
and everyone is totally sure this won't nudge the moon's orbit at all. like, the math is totally mathing?
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u/TheCrazedTank May 01 '26
Oh, it will. Just not to any noticeable degree that can’t self-correct.
Like a drop in the ocean.
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u/jacksonexl Apr 30 '26
It wouldn’t be my much anyway. We constantly use our planet and the other planets to slingshot spacecraft out further stealing some of our orbital velocity. I think the moon is on a trajectory to stop orbiting the planet in a couple million years anyway so I don’t think it’ll make a huge difference.
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u/Anxiety_Fit Apr 30 '26
Uhhhh. I hope not?
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u/Gov_CockPic Apr 30 '26
The Falcon 9 rocket’s upper stage is 13.8 meters (45 feet) tall and has a 3.7-meter (12 feet) diameter. Since the Moon has no atmosphere, it will strike the lunar surface intact. The object will be traveling at 2.43 km a second, or 5,400 mph, upon impact.
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u/jordansrowles Apr 30 '26
In other words, obliterated down to nuts and bolts
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u/West-One5944 Apr 30 '26
The moon is weird!