Before and After Views of SpaceX Rocket's Moon Crash

A South Korean lunar orbiter has captured the first before-and-after images of the Moon's crash scene caused by a stray SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Associated Press reports: The Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Danuri spacecraft flew over the impact site soon after the Falcon 9 upper stage inadvertently plowed into the moon on Wednesday. Danuri made multiple passes, snapping photos from lunar orbit that were released by the space agency Thursday. The terrain is noticeably darker where the rocket hit and carved out a crater, sending dust and rock everywhere. Korean space officials said Danuri gathered before and after shots. NASA expects its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to fly over the crash site next week to view the aftermath. You can view the images here.

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[irreverentdiscourse]

Are we having a barely educated moron contest? Bold of you two to come out swinging like that.

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[MikeDataLink]

I've seen some dumb shit on here... but this thread is nuts. Like should be in an asylum nuts.

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[Black LED]

You and OP sound like indoctrinated loons who can't separate your irrational hatred of Elon from technological advancement. Funny how you conveniently forget all about the failures experienced by NASA and other legacy space agencies around the world.

Space exploration is very difficult and very dangerous. There are going to be accidents as we learn. That's just an unfortunate fact.

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[Sam Hobbs]

The before image is more clear than the after image.

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[Rei]

Probably LRO vs. Danuri

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[Valgrus Thunderaxe]

The before and after pics in this article were captured by two different spacecraft.

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[angel'o'sphere]

And obviously "at a different day", as in the angle of the sun has changed.

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[dsgrntlxmply]

Better version of After image: After [wikipedia.org]