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Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by tekla »

dopamean wrote: post #18

After so much time hearing about how SpaceX dumps rocket debris all over Boca Chica it's kind of amusing that they're also leaving trash on the moon. It would be cool if we sent people back to the moon one day and they took photos next to junk like this. Or whatever is left of it.

You realize we've been smashing shit into the moon since Apollo right?

Also you know the literal trash bags of trash and poop that Apollo dumped overboard.

This smashing into the the moon will leave a random crater, and last time I checked, lots of craters on the moon.

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by lastofthemojito »

tekla wrote: post #21
dopamean wrote: post #18

After so much time hearing about how SpaceX dumps rocket debris all over Boca Chica it's kind of amusing that they're also leaving trash on the moon. It would be cool if we sent people back to the moon one day and they took photos next to junk like this. Or whatever is left of it.

You realize we've been smashing shit into the moon since Apollo right? Also you know the literal trash bags of trash and poop that Apollo dumped overboard. This smashing into the the moon will leave a random crater, and last time I checked, lots of craters on the moon.

I believe it's actually unresolved whether NASA left poop on the moon or not: https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/37952/did-apollo-l...

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by childofhedgehog »

sheept wrote: post #3
ilamont wrote: post #2

I love this page. Text, photos, links. Straight up HTML 4, maybe even using a template in a text editor and FTPed to go live. I didn't see any inline or referenced CSS. No scripts. No ads. No social junk. The home page even has a just like it's 1994. What are the drawbacks to reverting to this type web publishing? That's how I used to do things before publishing tools and CMS and platforms took over, but I know the s…

The main drawback with the page's unstyled design is that the page is not mobile friendly. Publishing web pages by manually editing HTML files is still very common today; any GitHub Pages blog does this.

What part of this is actually not mobile friendly? I’d argue this is laid out pretty well compared to some websites that are “mobile friendly” but load poorly or make it impossible to scroll.

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by zahlman »

ilamont wrote: post #2

I love this page. Text, photos, links. Straight up HTML 4, maybe even using a template in a text editor and FTPed to go live. I didn't see any inline or referenced CSS. No scripts. No ads. No social junk. The home page even has a just like it's 1994. What are the drawbacks to reverting to this type web publishing? That's how I used to do things before publishing tools and CMS and platforms took over, but I know the s…

We get submissions like this fairly commonly (we also get ones that are "modern" but use hand-crafted CSS, use only un-minified first-party-written JS for progressive enhancement, etc.). But a large fraction of them are about the style as well as exhibiting it.

The main drawback seems to be that larger communities than HN will, at best, not care.

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by zahlman »

xnx wrote: post #7
sheept wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The main drawback with the page's unstyled design is that the page is not mobile friendly. Publishing web pages by manually editing HTML files is still very common today; any GitHub Pages blog does this.

is the only thing keeping this page from being mobile friendly. Having that not be the browser default was a good idea in 2008, but not now.

I don't have a smartphone to test on. What happens without this?

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by ralfd »

dopamean wrote: post #18

After so much time hearing about how SpaceX dumps rocket debris all over Boca Chica it's kind of amusing that they're also leaving trash on the moon. It would be cool if we sent people back to the moon one day and they took photos next to junk like this. Or whatever is left of it.

There is not much rocket debris in Boca Chica. If you do find something sell it on ebay.

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by oakesm9 »

zahlman wrote: post #26
xnx wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is the only thing keeping this page from being mobile friendly. Having that not be the browser default was a good idea in 2008, but not now.

I don't have a smartphone to test on. What happens without this?

You essentially see the desktop version zoomed out by default with tiny text. You need to zoom in, but the line length is still desktop sized so you need to scroll left and right as well as up and down to read it.

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by 1970-01-01 »

ck2 wrote: post #19

someone send them a littering bill sadly one day hundreds of years from now parts of the moon will look like all the garbage left on Everest (and maybe even the dead frozen bodies too, moon dust is sticky and very sharp apparently)

That's the neat thing. Dumping on the moon or anywhere (other than Earth) isn't possible, as the litter is infinitely more valuable than the existing dust and rock. It's as if someone was dumping gold bricks into your yard. You really wouldn't mind at all, and would ask for more. The only exception would be radioactive waste, as that is less valuable than the surrounding dust and rock.

Re: Upper stage impacting the moon on 2026 August 5

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Post by xnx »

zahlman wrote: post #26
xnx wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

is the only thing keeping this page from being mobile friendly. Having that not be the browser default was a good idea in 2008, but not now.

I don't have a smartphone to test on. What happens without this?

If you want to see it for yourself: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/device-mode
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