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I think you're trying to apply rules designed to govern shipping in general to a very specialised and controlled situation.
by d_theorist 10y ago
I think you're trying to apply rules designed to govern shipping in general to a very specialised and controlled situation.
- stcredzero 10y agoA lot of rules around shipping actually have to do with physics. See my other comment. Shifting cargo can be very bad news. It has caused a lot of deaths. It's probably not a big deal in this case, except that booster is worth about (I'm guessing) 20 million dollars, SpaceX's cost? It's tall, but the center of gravity is low and it's on a barge. Engineering is conservative "just in case." So are a lot of practical activities that happen on the sea. In neither case, is this irrational or a waste of time.