<i>2) The technology to land rockets vertically has existed for a long time, going back to the lunar lander at least.</i><p>Landing the Lunar Lander on the moon is completely different to landing a tall, thin high-centre of gravity rocket full of explosive fuel, using AI because there&#x27;s no crew onboard.<p>Or did you mean something else?<p>I&#x27;m pretty sure the first vertical landing of a rocket was only achieved in the last few years.