The Essex Files: Don’t Panic Over the SpaceX Moon Impact It’s Actually a Win for American Innovation
The Essex Files: Don’t Panic Over the SpaceX Moon Impact It’s Actually a Win for American Innovation By Brad Essex | 6:00 AM on August 08, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. NASA While the mainstream media loves to invent new "sky is falling" narratives around private space exploration, a spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the Moon early Wednesday at roughly 5,400 miles per hour. The object, about the size of a school bus and weighing four metric tons, is leftover from a January 2025 launch that carried commercial lunar landers.
- ▪The Essex Files: Don’t Panic Over the SpaceX Moon Impact It’s Actually a Win for American Innovation By Brad Essex | 6:00 AM on August 08, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views
- ▪NASA While the mainstream media loves to invent new "sky is falling" narratives around private space exploration, a spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the Moon early Wednesday at roughly 5,400 miles per hour.
- ▪The object, about the size of a school bus and weighing four metric tons, is leftover from a January 2025 launch that carried commercial lunar landers.
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The Essex Files: Don’t Panic Over the SpaceX Moon Impact It’s Actually a Win for American Innovation By Brad Essex | 6:00 AM on August 08, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. NASA While the mainstream media loves to invent new "sky is falling" narratives around private space exploration, a spent upper stage from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket struck the Moon early Wednesday at roughly 5,400 miles per hour. The object, about the size of a school bus and weighing four metric tons, is leftover from a January 2025 launch that carried commercial lunar landers.
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