So far, windmills have been uneconomical, and even some eco-minded groups are offended by their looks and impact on birds and people. One solution, according to Paul Sclavounos, a Massachusetts ...

What is a Slip Bobber Rig? A slip bobber rig requires a few key components to tie everything together, but the star of the show - and what gives this rig its name - is a float (bobber) that has a hole ...

The Noble Jim Day dwarfed the small tugboats pushing the hulking offshore oil rig down the Corpus Christi Ship Channel and out into the Gulf of Mexico. The floating rig — one of the world’s largest at ...

SpaceX has bought two offshore oil rigs that it will convert into floating spaceports for use on future mission to the Moon and Mars. The huge portable platforms will one day act as launchpads for the ...

Private space company SpaceX has purchased two deepwater oil rigs that will eventually be used as floating launch pads for its future endeavors. The purchases were made last year, according to a new ...

Oslo-listed floating rig contractors Odfjell Drilling and Awilco Drilling saw mixed financial fortunes in the first quarter as Odfjell lifted profits on longer-term contracts that have insulated it ...

SpaceX has bought two huge oil rigs to convert into floating spaceports for its Mars-bound Starship spacecraft. Named Phobos and Deimos, after the two Martian moons, SpaceX intends the massive ...

Public records dug up by reporters for NASASpaceflight show that SpaceX bought two deepwater oil rigs last summer in order to convert them into floating launchpads. The Elon Musk-led space company ...

The rigs will hold the company's massive Starship rocket vehicles. As with nearly every other project Elon Musk is involved with, his SpaceX is going a novel route with its rocket launches. Various ...