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5 min readSpaceX has finally achieved a moon landing—just not the kind anyone was hoping for. A discarded upper stage of a Falcon 9 rocket slammed into the lunar surface at 5,400 miles per hour, creating a sixty-foot crater and a flash possibly visible from Earth. Meanwhile, SpaceX stock has been cut in half from its post-IPO peak of $255, now trading around $108 after a 13.6% single-day drop following disappointing earnings. Elon Musk himself posted a fake video of the crash with the caption "this is fake, by the way," then joked that the moon "spent 4.5 billion years looking flawless" before humans arrived.
The Accidental Moon Impact
The debris came from a January 2025 mission that carried two lunar landers. Astronomers had been tracking the stray rocket stage for over a year and predicted it would hit the moon at roughly seven times the speed of sound. NASA estimated the impact would blow open a crater about sixty feet wide and twelve feet deep, though some projections put it closer to one hundred feet. The crash was difficult to observe in real time, and scientists will need time to piece together exactly what happened.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:00) **SpaceX Moon Crash & Stock Dive** - Host JJ introduces the episode's two central stories: SpaceX's rocket debris crashing into the Moon and the stock price falling sharply.
- 2 (02:06) **Details of the Lunar Impact** - A discarded Falcon 9 upper stage, jettisoned during a January 2025 mission, crashed into the Moon at 5,400 mph.
- 3 (03:41) **SpaceX's Lunar Ambitions vs. Reality** - Elon Musk has promised factories and bases on the Moon, but the crash highlights how far the company is from achieving these goals.
- 4 (05:15) **Space Junk and Environmental Concerns** - The crash raises questions about best practices for discarding rocket parts near the Moon and the future of lunar development.
- 5 (06:46) **Elon Musk Allegedly Stiffing Contractors** - A contractor, Ohio-based Dimer Armo, has filed two liens against SpaceX AI (formerly XAI) demanding over $136 million for unpaid work on the Colossus data centers in Memphis.
- 6 (09:00) **SpaceX Stock Crisis Deepens** - JJ references a video from fellow creator Chris Norton, who analyzes why SpaceX stock is "crashing" and highlights the departure of a key executive.
- 7 (11:06) **Final Thoughts and Call to Action** - JJ summarizes the "two crashes" (the Moon impact and the stock decline) and invites viewer comments.
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Show Notes
John Johnston (JJ) breaks down SpaceX has been crashing on two fronts. SpaceX stock has been crashing since its post-IPO peak, and a SpaceX rocket has accidentally crashed into the Moon, creating a big new crater.
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