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Originally Posted by Rerouter
Then that limits the types, falcons are 330-1400 tons, with a thrust of up to 1700 tons, those are crazy static and dynamic loads
Empty boosters can land on barges no issue, but not launch from them without needing something built like an off shore mining platform.
I would say it should stick to land, near an existing port, it might actually be best to hijack the depleting mining support trades to do the fitout and maintainance, they handle large scale fabrication already, with lots of machining skill, so would be easy to pivot them without competition.
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SpaceX owns two offshore oil rigs which are being modified for Starship Sea Launch Platforms ( that is booster and Starship stacks).