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> Seems like a really large error?

At one point during its transit the spacecraft will have been going about 23,000 miles per hour, suddenly 250 miles doesn't seem like much. Though obviously that's in the middle of the trip and plenty of things happen between the transit between the earth and moon and landing.

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goddamn. it was 250 METERS - not miles.

Can we just remind ourselves that launching a probe from the Earth and landing it within 250m of a target on THE MOON is incredible engineering?

I know it's taken for granted, but it really shouldn't be.

Yes, you have my permission to remind people of that - especially the poster I was responding to. The accuracy of the landing was excellent.

You can drive over 500 miles and accurately park your car in your relative's driveway within less than a foot.

In both cases there are references along the way and at the destination. With no atmosphere landing on the moon seems rather trivia for today's technology?

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