2 ms·
For a passenger port though they'll probably come up with something different. Not sure if there's anything preventing a fairly normal dock from being added to
by rtkwe 6y ago
For a passenger port though they'll probably come up with something different. Not sure if there's anything preventing a fairly normal dock from being added to the rig at water level with an elevator to take people to the main levels along on of the legs.
- beerandt 6y agoAmong other reasons, waves. The boat moves, the rig doesn't. If docks were feasible, they'd use them on existing floaters. They don't.
- rtkwe 6y agoMost rigs don't receive large amounts of visitors either so the high cost and low volume of helicopter rides makes sense. A rig working as a rocket port needs to move more people through it so the economics of figuring out a dock makes more sense. Also they have the tech with actively stabilized gangplanks to make the link between the more stable rig and the docks.