America has more new spaceships on the way

Re:America has more new spaceships on the way by djannzjkzxn on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @12:56AM (#23387606)

They can land the Falcon 9 first stage in the middle of the drone ship. Any reason they can’t locate a perfect spot on the moon and land there exactly?

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Re:America has more new spaceships on the way by basementcat on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @01:16AM (#23387697)

Earth orbiting GNSS provides excellent position information near the surface of the Earth but poorer position information near the surface of the Moon. That said, the Falcon 9 is equipped with a decent inertial navigation system.

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Re:America has more new spaceships on the way by m4rtink on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @07:10AM (#23389755)

Yep, not sure about the high altitude flight, but terminal guidance is certainly not GPS based. I think it's mostly radar & they even painted their landing zone with some special paint a while ago to get better radar returns.

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