Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 This arrived back at PORT CANAVERAL today. BradyBzLyn...Mo and fladogfan aka Gretchen 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is that and what does it do? hold the rocket? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Katman1356...Jason 1,140 Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 4 hours ago, h2odivers...Ray said: Forgive my ignorance but what exactly is that and what does it do? hold the rocket? That is the barge the first stage rocket booster lands on at sea and is then hauled back to land to be checked over, refurbished, and put back into service. Since the one that launched the Crew Dragon Demo mission to the space station was seen coming in a couple of days back I suspect that is the one from the Starlink Satellite launch. h2odivers...Ray 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted June 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 4 hours ago, Katman1356...Jason said: That is the barge the first stage rocket booster lands on at sea and is then hauled back to land to be checked over, refurbished, and put back into service. Since the one that launched the Crew Dragon Demo mission to the space station was seen coming in a couple of days back I suspect that is the one from the Starlink Satellite launch. Yep... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BradyBzLyn...Mo 2,023 Posted June 8, 2020 Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 We watched the Space X launch and even just seeing the booster land softly back on the drone barge smack dab on the X was impressive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 740 Posted June 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2020 Got a close up & the barge isn't that big. BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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