Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico

Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by cubefox on Thursday June 06, 2024 @08:42PM (#40604131)

I wonder how much earlier a rocket like Falcon 9 (with automatic landing of the lower stage) could realistically have been developed and built. In the 70s? 80s? 90s?

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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by czl on Thursday June 06, 2024 @11:03PM (#40604903)

Rocket landing on the moon does not count? Luna 9 in 1966 was the first spacecraft to achieve a controlled soft landing on the Moon.

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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by adolph on Thursday June 06, 2024 @10:08PM (#40604640)

I think even into the 90s it would be difficult from a compute and sensor perspective.

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Re:Super Heavy has splashed down in The Gulf of Mexico by fooker on Friday June 07, 2024 @03:55AM (#40606322)

70s no. 80s maybe, depends on clever use of computing. 90s yes.

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