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Ah, OK. For some reason I had the mental image of a bunch of inexpensive ships which would surely sink if they got hit at high velocity. It's pretty incredible,
by generj 11y ago
Ah, OK. For some reason I had the mental image of a bunch of inexpensive ships which would surely sink if they got hit at high velocity. It's pretty incredible, given how large the rockets are, that the ship dwarfs them, but recalling earlier landing videos you are correct.
- mikeash 11y agoJust to put some numbers on it, this barge is the MARMAC 304, modified by SpaceX. According to this page: http://www.mcdonoughmarine.com/recent-news.html http://www.mcdonoughmarine.com/recent-news.html That ship has a cargo capacity of over 13,000 tons. I believe an empty Falcon 9 first stage is around 20 tons. Totally different scales.
- ape4 11y agoI read that entire barge blog. Its interesting.