Posted on July 15, 2021
Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to share video of the new SpaceX drone ship, but didnโt give many details. However, reports are that it was converted from a former McDonough Marine Services deck barge, the MARMAC 302, and that name can still be seen painted on its bows and stern in the video.
You can download the spec sheet for that barge HERE.
Obviously, a lot of work has been done to transform the barge into the vessel in Elon Muskโs video, A Shortfall of Gravitas, or ASOG. Fan site SpaceX Fleet has posted an image of the barge under conversion, apparently at Bollinger Shipyardsโ Bollinger Fourchon facility in Port Fourchon, La.
To learn more about the new droneship, weโll all have to wait until Elon Musk decides to say a little more!
