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marviel ◴[] No.42188615[source]
unfortunately they had to scrap the booster Catch, due to undisclosed factors.
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Ancalagon ◴[] No.42188662[source]
did they land it on the barge instead?
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1. nycdotnet ◴[] No.42188684[source]
no barge for super heavy- the point of the catch is to save weight on the massive legs that would be required. It “soft landed” in the Gulf a few miles off shore, meaning they did a burn and it entered the water not in freefall (though it still looked faster than I expected).