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		mikeyouse on April 18, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX CRS-3 Mission Tugboat was a very generous description: Some pictures: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/photo_keywor... From a Naval Book: http://books.google.com/books?id=tkGDkpkQh-sC&pg=PA272&lpg=P... * 4 diesel engines * 24,480bhp, 2 shafts * 18 knot cruising speed * World's most powerful salvage tug (at the time) * Two 8-ton cranes, one 3-ton crane

toomuchtodo on April 18, 2014 [–]

> * World's most powerful salvage tug (at the time)

> * Two 8-ton cranes, one 3-ton crane

I had joked on Reddit in the CR3 thread that Putin would brazenly try to snag the first stage. Now it doesn't seem so funny.

xtc on April 19, 2014 | [–]

First a Super Bowl ring, next the first stage of a used rocket.

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