Saw Alicia Murphy's Periscope and there was a big thing covered with tarp on the barge. Possibly octaweb/engines?
Looks surprisingly intact for a tip-over. Previously internal pressure blew chunks of the tank skin all over the place and shredded it pretty thoroughly. This looks more like it just laid down and collapsed under it's own weight. The flattened-out section looks like it's still attached to the thrust structure/motors, Just with the uppermost part of torn off and collapsed flat on the deck. Could there be a fast pressure vent set to dump the tank pressure at touchdown down to limit flying debris or something?
It's called the legs poking holes in the side
Could be most of the stage... someone just let the air out.Engines/octoweb are still in the center of the target circle, which would put most of the horizontal stage on board.
Florida Today is reporting that Port Canaveral is looking to charge SpaceX $15,000 per returned core. SpaceX isn't happy. As had been mentioned, rocket cores are not a new thing at Port Canaveral (Shuttle SRB's, ULA stages) so its hard to see this as anything other than a bit of money grab... http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/spacex/2016/06/20/spacex-may-face-port-canaveral-fee-booster-return/86135670/
Florida Today is reporting that Port Canaveral is looking to charge SpaceX $15,000 per returned core. SpaceX isn't happy. As had been mentioned, rocket cores are not a new thing at Port Canaveral (Shuttle SRB's, ULA stages) so its hard to see this as anything other than a bit of money grab...
Quote from: yokem55 on 06/21/2016 12:05 amFlorida Today is reporting that Port Canaveral is looking to charge SpaceX $15,000 per returned core. SpaceX isn't happy. As had been mentioned, rocket cores are not a new thing at Port Canaveral (Shuttle SRB's, ULA stages) so its hard to see this as anything other than a bit of money grab... So they want to charge $500/ton for a 30-ton rocket stage 12' in diameter secured on 4 stands certainly spreading the load over a 20' square? Meanwhile for comparison, a single 20' Standard Cargo Container can hold 25-tons and wharfage is $28/ton.18x does seem quite unrelated to the actual wear and tear on the port.