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SpaceX rocket booster will hit the moon on Wednesday (badastronomy.beehiiv.com)
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The impact flash might — might — be visible to telescopes on Earth

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

rocket booster

It's actually the upper stage which will hit the moon, not the booster. The booster landed back on earth.