Our Space Garbage Is Now Reaching The Moon

For the past seven years, a leftover chunk of an old SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been circling the Earth in a fairly wide orbit, having a pretty unremarkable time. But that’s about to change on March 4th, when this rocket component is predicted to slam into the Moon’s dark side.

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Produced & Edited by:
Ardit Bicaj

Written by:
Nicole Amondi

Narrated by:
Russell Archey

Graphics:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio
NASA's Eyes
NASA/KSC

Music:
ES_The Shadow - Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen

A big thank you to our lovely members:
Joseph Pacchetti
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[Vivaswaan.]

We must be proactive in mitigating the rapid proliferation of space debris; so we don’t end up with a problem on the scale of air or ocean pollution.

[johnsamuels]

Imagine space debries cageing is inside earth... Scary to think.... Especially how many satellites were launched recently

[ejon]

1:40 the far side of the mon does receive sunlight and therefore is not the dark side.

[ejon]

3:54 did you mean "less likely to remain intact" since the item does not possess a soul

[cyankirkpatrick]

No surprise here 😥❣️ and this might tick off those hiding there, 🙄😏😉😜

[ardonjr]

After seeing "Transformers - Dark Of The Moon" .. this video scares me.. ;)
Please let us not wake up any extraterrestrial beings which are hibernated on the darkside of the moon..

[josephpacchetti]

It's funny how there are so many Cosmology Professor's in these replies, Thanks Everyone, Have a great week, and stay warm.

[cyankirkpatrick]

Here I thought space hex recycled their discarded parts I stand corrected😞, well I know someone who scraps for a living but I don't think he'll go this far for scraps 😏 besides his partner has a full time job 😜

[mynamemylastname]

at about 2:15 there is a star that shows up through the moon. if the moon is a rock how can a star be seen through it?