Comment by cheesecakegood
3 days ago
Right. For those who didn’t catch the text between the lines, it’s because terminal phase precision guidance is basically the same tech as smart bombs.
3 days ago
Right. For those who didn’t catch the text between the lines, it’s because terminal phase precision guidance is basically the same tech as smart bombs.
Smart bomb targeting is more of a subset of the tech required for precision landing.
Smart bombs just need to get to the target coordinates. A reusable rocket needs to get there with zero velocity, while pointed straight up, with minimal pitch/yaw/roll.
Pretty much all of the barge landing failures shown in "How Not to land an Orbital Rocket Booster" would have been accurate enough to put a warhead on target.