From: sylvia@email.invalid   
      
   On 05-Jul-21 10:46 am, JF Mezei wrote:   
   > Noticed Falcon 9 doesn't actually land in the "X" but still within the   
   > cicles.   
   >   
   > (Considering they want Super Heavy to be caught by a cradle, thet would   
   > need greater presision().   
   >   
   > Has Elon provided any hints on what causes that imprecision in landing   
   > of Falcon 9?   
   >   
   > Is this an issue of GPS accuracy? Ship's inability to precisely station   
   > keep?   
   >   
   >   
   > I realize that it lands within needed specifications, but would have   
   > thought they would have fined tuned the software as a learning exercise   
   > to gain experience to do same with Super Heavy.   
   >   
      
   A video I watched recently commented that Falcon 9 cannot hover (the   
   thrust from one engine is too high). So it's doing a suicide-burn, which   
   limits its scope for fine-tuning the landing point.   
      
   Sylvia.   
      
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