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By whom? The drone ship has no on-board crew. ... which means there's nobody around to be injured or killed if the rocket falls post-landing. Maybe it's a prec
by fixermark 10y ago
By whom? The drone ship has no on-board crew.
... which means there's nobody around to be injured or killed if the rocket falls post-landing. Maybe it's a precaution worth taking when they intend these stages for commercial re-use; for now, the whole thing is one big experiment.
- skykooler 10y agoThere is a ship a few miles away with engineers on it. Once the stage has vented all excess liquid oxygen and is safe to approach, they can return to the ASDS and secure it.