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whatever1 ◴[] No.44300677[source]
Question why is it so easy today to build reusable rockets? Is it because the onboard cpu speed of the chips can solve more granular control problems with low latency?
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1. yieldcrv ◴[] No.44300742[source]
Because there’s a bigger market for space cargo

I wouldn’t say anything has fundamentally changed in the rocket coordination tech itself, just the private sector being able to rationalize the cost of the trials with ROI