Can SpaceX land a rocket with 1/2 cm accuracy?
No. But they don’t need to.
In preparation for the 5th test flight of Starship, SpaceX announced that they would try to catch the booster using “Mechazilla chopsticks.” Later during pre-launch discussions, SpaceX VP Bill Gerstenmaier claimed that they were confident of success since they had landed the booster in the ocean during Flight 4 with “half a centimeter accuracy.” And then last Sunday they went for the landing and nailed it!
But did they really nail it to within half a centimeter? That ...
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