Unfortunately, you can't beat the laws of physics: (a) max towing speed will depend upon the sea state at the time, but is never going to be much more than 5 kts in flat water simply by design (b) the tug must stay out of the designated impact zone (10 miles?) until the landed stage has been safed, which is a long way to travel at sea in a tug, even in a hurry and (c) they have a looong way to go to get to port.One option mooted a couple of threads ago was to not tow it at all: instead hire/buy one of Dockwise's semi-submersible lift ships to pick the barge and landed stage up at sea and take the whole lot into port at high(er) speed - but it's unclear if adding a few knots to the return speed would really help speed up the process all that much in the overall scheme of things.
They could call it the "Falcon's Nest"..
So it appears the door swings up, yes?(or does a true garage door motion? That would be too funny...)
Is it Go Quest or Go Searcher, which is supposedly tasked with fairing research activities ?
Looking big picture here, there's been three ASDS Discussion threads already, a support ship activities thread, numerous design threads and now the Roomba thread may take a path of it's own..Mods, perhaps it's time for an entire Section devoted to SpaceX Marine Activities?!?
You hit a self-referential recursion there with [5] Lar, now my head is spinning and I can't get off your footnote... Chris might have to do a mercy deletion.
Mods, perhaps it's time for an entire Section devoted to SpaceX Marine Activities?!?
Quote from: CameronD on 03/14/2017 02:17 amMods, perhaps it's time for an entire Section devoted to SpaceX Marine Activities?!?The internal nickname is apparently "DockX."
Is it possible that the opening mechanism is a chain puller? Thought from the design of the hinge it would be hydraulic rams.Matthew