Apparently, SpaceX was not successful landing the first stage of the Falcon 9 on land. Now the company Elon musk wants to try something more difficult: to land on a robotic platform in the sea. It is reported that SpaceX will try to implement this after launch NASA’s Jason-3, which will be held on January 17.
By the way, this is not the first attempt by SpaceX to land on an offshore platform that is managed remotely. Previous attempts to do this were close to success, but always ends with a Bang.
So why complicate the already difficult “rocket science” trying to land on moving platform? Journalists NBC has the answer to this question:
“The ability to use mobile landing platform provides greater flexibility when determining the time and place of the launch rocket, since the rocket is not always convenient (and sometimes impossible) to return to a predetermined location. Mobile landing platform will be able to be placed in a location where the rocket will be able to most safely and with the least amount of fuel to go down.”
According to the materials of the NBC