SpaceX comentators were cool about everything, but they were pretty clear that some of those boats were too close and were told to back off.
I can totally understand that people want to see this. People also come to see launches, so why not this? But really, from a safe distance. Make sure you don't interfere in any way with the operation, and listen to instructions.
It seems one of the lessons is that if they continue to do splashdowns here, they need better spectator control.
Close enough that they had to be asked to back off after having already ignored Coast Guard requests.
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As the capsule bobbed in the water, a recovery team instructed the boaters to stay away.
The Coast Guard warned boaters to stay clear of the area in a radio broadcast two hours before the splashdown, said the spokesman, Petty Officer Third Class John Michelli.
“With limited assets available and with no formal authority to establish zones that would stop boaters from entering the area,” he said, “numerous boaters ignored the Coast Guard crews’ requests and decided to encroach the area, putting themselves and those involved in the operation in potential danger.”
It is _extremely_ aggravating.