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NASA “really looking forward” to next Starship test flight (spacenews.com)

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Speaking at an Oct. 9 meeting of the National Academies’ Committee on Biological and Physical Sciences in Space, Bill Gerstenmaier, SpaceX vice president for build and flight reliability, expressed optimism that the booster could make it back for a catch by the launch tower. “We landed with half a centimeter accuracy in the ocean” on the previous flight, he said, “so we think we have a reasonable chance to go back to the tower.”

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[–] llamacoffee@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago

I keep thinking that it must have been half a meter and there was a mistake somewhere, but that's what the source tells us! Insane.