Chinese Rocket Crashes on Moon, Leaving Twin Craters and Secret Payload
TL;DR
A study published in The Planetary Science Journal claims to have "definitive proof" that a mysterious rocket that crashed into the moon in March 2022 came from China and was carrying an undisclosed payload. The rocket, identified as the spent upper stage of China's Chang'e 5-T1 rocket, left behind two overlapping craters at its crash site. The researchers propose that the rocket's mass distribution, with twin rocket boosters acting as one mass and a mysterious counterweight on the other, caused the double crater. The exact nature of the payload remains unknown and is unlikely to be determined.
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