SpaceX’s new drone ship, called “A Shortfall of Gravitas,” arrived at Port Canaveral, Florida, on July 15, 2021, for final outfitting to support landings of Falcon rocket boosters.
The name of the new landing platform is a nod to “Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall,” a starship featured in the “Culture” science fiction novel series by the late Scottish author Iain M. Banks.
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