Reply to post: Why land on a barge?

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Marcus Aurelius
Gimp

Why land on a barge?

If you can have a controlled descent, surely a controlled descent to land would be a much easier prospect - you don't have a small target and you can have your landing zone in the middle of a desert so you can pick up the pieces even if you're a mile or two off.

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