Making 6.5 knots with OCISLY being pumped of ballast...
Elspeth III left Freeport 2016-07-09 17:58 UTC. Can anyone tell whether she had the barge in tow--as seem likely?
Quote from: archae86 on 07/09/2016 06:10 pmElspeth III left Freeport 2016-07-09 17:58 UTC. Can anyone tell whether she had the barge in tow--as seem likely?No inside info, but I expect OCISLY is with her. So we should be seeing them back at Port Canaveral in 36 hours or so, ie late night Sunday or early Monday morning.
So, it's certainly not a MARMAC sibling, but it's still interesting to see a barge moving about on dry land.
There is a post in the facebook group speculating whether the Westport Orange Shipyards in Orange Texas are refitting a new ASDS. Cass Miller (presumably an employee?) posted photos to the Westport Orange Shipyards facebook page on March 4th: https://www.facebook.com/cass.miller.16/posts/738052796331032 Daniel Paasch made the post on the SpaceX facebook group.Mr. Paasch claims this shipyard did some work on the original ASDS's, but it is not clear if this is actually a Marmac or just some other barge. Opinions?Edit: Wrong kind of barge entirely?
Elsbeth III now idling in a holding pattern offshore south of Port Canaveral. Captain just radioed ahead that EIII will be arriving in port at 0800.
Then I told him about this message board used by 1000s of people from all over the world, and asked if there was anything he could give me to post here. I don't know how much on the deck people here can or can't already ID, but he said one thing really amazing to him was that SpaceX used 4 commercial-sized AC units, which he estimated to be 4-6 tons each, at both bow & stern for each of two containers of telemetry equipment no larger than the pickup truck he was sitting in. He also complimented their upgrades of fire and breaker walls.