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I drove over to San Pedro earlier today to see Marmac 303 for myself. I don't have too much to add, other than there's one Thrustmaster sitting on the aft deck behind the blast wall that I didn't see in any of the reddit pictures (pardon the fence). There were also four of the yellow generator containers grouped together sitting nearby; I didn't get a closeup of those
The generator light tower (aka, battlefield illumination system) indicates to me it'll be done sooner rather than later.
OT: Anyone notice the similarity between the business end of the Thrustmaster and a snow gun?
Quote from: cscott on 07/04/2015 09:07 pmJIT processingThe generator light tower (aka, battlefield illumination system) indicates to me it'll be done sooner rather than later.OT: Anyone notice the similarity between the business end of the Thrustmaster and a snow gun?
Apologies if this has been posted before, I'm afraid I haven't quite kept up with this thread:Google effectively killed their native support of 45 degree oblique photos with their new Google maps implementation. But that imagery appears to have been updated and can still be accessed through other sites, among them this site: http://gokml.net/mapsUnfortunately I can't find a way to directly link to individual images. But the view of what I'm guessing is OCSILY at the Jacksonville Port Authority, with Carnival Celebration south of it appears to be poorly retouched. It's possible that's where two images were stitched together, but it seems odd that they happened to do that right there. Rotating the view to show images taken from the north, east, and west have no obscuration.So I guess my question is what are we looking at in these images? Is there some way of knowing which iteration of the ASDS this is, prior to which mission? Is there something new to be learned from this new angle? Or is this old information, and these were seen before Google Maps was ruined?
Looks to me like they are going to do the work there.
Quote from: CJ on 07/06/2015 02:34 amLooks to me like they are going to do the work there.I just can't get my head around the idea of them doing work there. Sure, if the engine stops you pull over to the side of the road, open the hood, and fiddle with things right there on the side of the road, but when you have a tune up or other planned work you go to a garage and do it, not by the side of the road. My current theory is something along the lines of - My preferred spot isn't ready yet (legally or physically) and / or the E3 crew just wanted to park it as quickly as possible in a spot that had fewer immediate hassles so they could get offa the tug they'd been on for a month and enjoy the holiday weekend on shore. They had equipment delivered there just as a temporary spot, they'll put it on the deck when they move to the final spot. Yea, that's the theory I'm clinging to.
That space next to warehouse in Altasea phase 3 looks too 'rough' for our barge to safely berth and have work done. Compare it to berth at Jacksonville. The current parking space doesn't even belong to Altasea does it? But there is more than enough room to have work done it appears. Any latest images of Altasea phase 3 region next to warehouse?Image is from Dec 2013 article.
Where ever the crane appears, that'll be the spot.
(Well, I mean, with pykrete, you could likely make it durable enough to host a full launch pad, and then *everyone* would agree it's a big deal. )
TheKrimsonKing from Reddit has taken few really amazing shots! Here's drone footage.