The massive rocket accelerating through space on a collision course with the moon does not belong to SpaceX Despite earlier reports, it likely belongs to a spacecraft launched by China in 2014, according to a report on Saturday.
Ars Technica The mysterious object discovered by Bill Gray, the developer of the astronomical program called Project Pluto, was first reported. The report said Gray updated his website on Saturday to show the correction after being told by a NASA engineer who questioned his earlier claims.
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Gray said Check his data He said there was “good evidence” that the body was a Chinese Chang’e 5-T1 rocket launched in October 2014. Previous theory was that the body was the upper stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, which launched on February 11. , 2015.
Gray wrote on his website that the object “will still hit the moon within a few kilometers of the predicted spot on March 4, 2022 at 12:25 UTC, within a few seconds of the expected time.”
Mark Robinson, Professor of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, Tell The New York Times reported earlier this month that the object, which is believed to weigh about four tons and travel at 5,700 miles per hour, would create a diameter of about 65 feet.
SpaceX did not immediately respond to an email hours later from Fox News.
