I'm not sure this is "news" beyond click-bait. "Out of control" rockets launched from Earth have been wandering around for, what, 70 years? Some of them get sucked back to Earth and burn up; some of them get sucked in by the sun; some of them wander off into space and are considered "lost"; and some of them get sucked in by the moon. The article indicates that there aren't a lot of "accidental" bits hitting the moon, but can in no way provide any evidence as proof. Almost all space junk is accounted for, but there is enough "lost" stuff that we cannot say with any degree of certainty that it didn't go *SPLATT* on the moon.
The important bit in the article is the following:
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For those asking: yes, an old Falcon 9 second stage left in high orbit in 2015 is going to hit the moon on March 4. It's interesting, but not a big deal.
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