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[–] 145 points 4 months ago (5 children)
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    The nasa broadcaster called it a perfect bullseye landing about 5 times. A perfect bullseye, hit em right in the Pacific ocean.

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  • [–] 35 points 4 months ago

    They later said it was less than 1 mile away from the target spot.

    A big benefit of the ocean is if the capsule loses all attitude control, it can still reenter and survive. But it will be a "ballistic reentry", much more punishing with the g forces, and also about 1500 miles short of the target zone.

    The Pacific Ocean makes it easy to ensure that those backup contingency landing sites are also safe landing sites.

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