re: The Moon is fascinating

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NASA scientists
The Apollo 12 mission to the Moon in November 1969 set up seismometers and then intentionally crashed the Lunar Module causing an impact equivalent to one ton of TNT. The shockwaves built up for eight minutes, and NASA scientists said the Moon ‘rang like a bell.

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You know they plowed larger things into it, right? 5 times the 3rd stage (Saturn iv-b) was plowed into the lunar surface, at 10 times the force. And that's how my grandpa became the only chief engineer in history to get 5 rocket stages on the moon. Everyone else is still at 0