If we could land (part of) it on the moon and then return (part of) that to the earth, then we could have landed a rocket on a ship at sea. But it is very non-trivial with 1969 (or even 2019) tech.
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also a docking in x,y,z space where dx, dy, and dz are all specified, so 6 dimensions) would be hideously computationally expensive if forced to do so in a total window of, say, 5 minutes start to finish. Much more plausible for 1960s/1970s tech is, IMO, winged flyback boosters
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there was, IIRC, discussion of variants of the Saturn V that were winged flyback stages, which makes either human piloting or computer landing far more plausible / safe http://www.astronautix.com/w/wingedsaturnv.html …
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