The moon keeps moving away, about 4 centimeters per year. This experiment revolves around the subject of the moon reaching the Roche limit. This means that the gravita-tional force that holds the moon together is weaker than the tidal forces that work to pull it apart. When this limit is reached, the moon will rip apart and form a ring of debris above the Earth's equator, which is expected to rain on Earth's surface.

The experiment was an attempt1