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I read somewhere that the drone ship was damaged.

• JshWright 9y ago
  Elon mentioned in the press conference that two of the engines on the droneship (it has four, one on each corner) were damaged.
  • JBlue42 9y ago
    Do they send another ship to fix the drone ship?
    • jordanthoms 9y ago
      There's another ship nearby which tows it, it doesn't go all the way in and out of port on its own power. And the ship has taken far bigger poundings in the past, one of them blew a huge hole in the deck.
      • JBlue42 9y ago
        Oh ok, cool. I guess I thought it was more autonomous than that by the name. Watching the other boosters land was really impressive.
        • icc97 9y ago
          I think it's just fuel saving for the ship rather than lack of autonomy
          • lmm 9y ago
            More time than fuel I think. The droneship has precision-manoeuvring thrusters, not engines that would let it move at any significant speed.