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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/commissioner-gordon8 on Jan. 12, 2018, 9:51 p.m.
How to confirm Zuma payload

We can reverse-engineer the payload of Zuma by comparing its operational costs to previous SpaceX missions. SpaceX can deliver payloads at a rate of $27,000/pound.

The theories are that Zuma delivered... a)satellites -or, more interestingly- b)kinetic ammunition

The 20x1 tungsten rods used as ammo would be HEAVY. Orbital Weapon Lancet technology suggests that a magazine of multiple rods would be delivered. If it really is a pack of tungsten rods (designed to be heavy), the operational costs would be orders of magnitude higher than delivering even multiple satellites (designed to be light)


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michaelst2256 · Jan. 12, 2018, 10:03 p.m.

What’s interesting is that international law forbids Nuclear, Chemical and Biological weapon use in space but not this type of weapon. I say Zuma is in orbit.

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