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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?
by cubefox 2y ago
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?
- adolph 2y agoI think even into the 90s it would be difficult from a compute and sensor perspective.
- czl 2y agoRocket landing on the moon does not count? Luna 9 in 1966 was the first spacecraft to achieve a controlled soft landing on the Moon.
- fooker 2y ago70s no. 80s maybe, depends on clever use of computing. 90s yes.