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While with the amount of collaboration and dedication to curating the contents and delivery of the payload are absolutely incredible, it saddens me to read about the ‘debris’ left in the crash.

For anyone in the industry: is waste created a significant concern when carrying out a space mission?

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> is waste created a significant concern when carrying out a space mission?

The Beresheet lander had a dry mass (i.e, not including propellant) of roughly 150 kg. The Moon is naturally impacted by roughly 2800 kg of natural meteors per day -- a few hundred extra kilos of metal debris is not a big deal.

Debris which remains in orbit, or which is likely to reach the Earth's surface intact, is much more of a concern.

Only to humans

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