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kleinbl00  ·  2911 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SPACEX LANDS ON THE FREAKING DRONE SHIP

It's a 14-story tower made of aerospace alloys designed to be as light and strong as possible. Think of it as a very tall (and mostly empty) beer can with some mondo titanium outriggers on it and you ain't far off.