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Re:SpaceX SES-9 Mission Live Webcast by mikeash on Friday March 04, 2016 @09:53PM (#11228207)
Just to put some numbers on it, this barge is the MARMAC 304, modified by SpaceX. According to this page:

http://www.mcdonoughmarine.com/recent-news.html

That ship has a cargo capacity of over 13,000 tons. I believe an empty Falcon 9 first stage is around 20 tons. Totally different scales.

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Re:SpaceX SES-9 Mission Live Webcast by ape4 on Saturday March 05, 2016 @09:17AM (#11229553)
I read that entire barge blog. Its interesting.
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