Grok Gets a Surprisingly Practical Use Case: Starship Launch Viewing Angles

A user deployed Grok to calculate whether they could watch a SpaceX Starship launch from their back porch — and it reportedly nailed the viewing angle from a photo.

In the category of unexpectedly practical AI applications, @woodfaman shared that they used Grok to determine whether SpaceX's Starship would be visible from their back porch, providing a photo with palm trees as a directional reference. Grok apparently identified the compass bearing from the image and confirmed the viewing angle.

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