The official line seems to be that one of the lock out things didn't lock out because of ice. However, after watching this a few times, it looks like the stage wasn't really leveled off properly, either. Therefore, it was coming down at an angle that wasn't perpendicular to the drone ship.
That's one thing. Another thing is that these attempts seem to be coming in pretty hot, meaning fast. Is that a factor here? Evidently, the Spacex people don't seem to think so.
It may be smart to push the envelope a bit in order to find out what the limits are. Coming in fast may be one of those. It seems to be that some of these problems could be anticipated, like icing.
Don't want to be critical though. This was really close to another success at something that is more difficult than a landing on the ground.
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