That's tricky stuff.
What was the intention behind not doing a water landing, like with the Space Shuttle boosters/tank?
What was the intention behind not doing a water landing, like with the Space Shuttle boosters/tank?
The barge, I suspect, is simply for safety/liability at this point ;)
(Even if I'm dead wrong, and they want to land it on a barge forever: seawater is some nasty, corrosive shit that I wouldn't want my rocket dunked into! :)