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That Russian spy-boat Elon Musk tweeted about seems to be moving away from Cape Canaveral:

Anyone know where the stage is supposed to be coming down?

It's already south of Miami? That's a fast tugboat.

Tugboat was a very generous description:

From a Naval Book:

* 4 diesel engines

* 24,480bhp, 2 shafts

* 18 knot cruising speed

* World's most powerful salvage tug (at the time)

* Two 8-ton cranes, one 3-ton crane

> * World's most powerful salvage tug (at the time)

> * Two 8-ton cranes, one 3-ton crane

I had joked on Reddit in the CR3 thread that Putin would brazenly try to snag the first stage. Now it doesn't seem so funny.

First a Super Bowl ring, next the first stage of a used rocket.