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daymansteptoday at 1:26 PM3 repliesview on HN

I'm surprised nobody else has pointed this out. The entire YouTube video has only two short clips of the actual rocket being fired, and in both cases the clips are very short and only show the rocket being fired and then following an erratic flight path, and then get cut before showing the rocket hitting anything.

For all the technical info given in the video, there is a curious lack of any data regarding the actual accuracy of the system. What percentage of rockets tested managed to hit anything and at what range?


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simonhtoday at 3:02 PM

I suspect a major problem is the quality and consistency of the propellant and getting a symmetric burn.

__MatrixMan__today at 2:12 PM

The video references "future tracking systems," so I don't think it aims at all yet.

walterbelltoday at 2:39 PM

> curious lack of any data regarding the actual accuracy of the system

No lack of entrackment data generated by [edit] d̶i̶g̶i̶t̶a̶l̶ ̶t̶w̶i̶n̶ github repo of "the system".

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