SpaceX loses the center core of its Falcon Heavy rocket due to choppy seas

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2. fuel

My understanding is that the fuel needed to return all the way back to the Cape is excessive for the center core (which goes much further away from the cape compared to the other Falcons). They'd rather use that fuel to be able to launch heavier payloads. I suspect it will be easiest to come up with a modified drone ship that better secures the rocket in heavy seas. Perhaps just a lot of guy wires holding it in place. Or perhaps an advanced ship design to keep it stable in rough seas. Or a design that promptly lays the rocket down horizontally after landing? Who knows