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To: colorado tanker
If they can figure out how to land a ship returning from space on a barge that size, that would be pretty darn amazing.

One thing they have mentioned, but hasn't gotten a lot of attention, is that the span of the landing legs takes up about 75% of the area of the ship. They really have to have a perfect landing to get all the legs onto the ship. When they finally land one successfully, it will be an amazing picture with the rocket and barge together.

7 posted on 01/13/2015 11:15:27 AM PST by Vince Ferrer
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...you have to wonder if the darn thing didn’t topple over into the ocean...don’t see no rocket on that barge...
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i remember musk saying something like “it ran out of hydraulic fluid” or some such....really? maybe a hydraulic fluid leak actually?

...get a bigger barge already...


8 posted on 01/13/2015 11:21:24 AM PST by telstar12.5 (...always bring gunships to a gun fight...)
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