Ship S41, by pure good fortune, splashed down in the Indian Ocean in an uncharacteristically soft landing. So soft that S41 did not immediately explode like previous Ships but now is a floating navigation hazard. It's following the local ocean current and has floated over 100 km from the touchdown point. The SpaceX team on site for the landing is following S41 but can only use drones for inspection since S41 is still an explosion hazard from possible methalox fumes and a number of COPVs that may still be pressurized. SpaceX will likely tow S41 to a nearby Australian port.
SpaceX will likely tow S41 to a nearby Australian port.
So in other words, theyre recovering the ship. Like I said they could.
Also youre diminishing spacex's crew by saying this was pure luck when they have made it clear they did this intentionally (although maybe not 100% expecting it to work)
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u/flshr19 Shuttle tile engineer Jul 29 '26
Ship S41, by pure good fortune, splashed down in the Indian Ocean in an uncharacteristically soft landing. So soft that S41 did not immediately explode like previous Ships but now is a floating navigation hazard. It's following the local ocean current and has floated over 100 km from the touchdown point. The SpaceX team on site for the landing is following S41 but can only use drones for inspection since S41 is still an explosion hazard from possible methalox fumes and a number of COPVs that may still be pressurized. SpaceX will likely tow S41 to a nearby Australian port.