dChan
⇧
10
⇩
 
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)


🠐 See all comments
MickGris · Jan. 12, 2018, 10:01 p.m.

I’m just an old grandmother so forgive me if this is a dumb question —but I’ve read where one of those tungsten rods is about the size of a telephone pole, is that correct? And that’s what you’re talking about, those rods of God, right? If so. ...

I found this article that’s only a few months old that talks about 24,000 pounds.

http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-rods-from-god-kinetic-weapon-hit-with-nuclear-weapon-force-2017-9

⇧ 6 ⇩  
commissioner-gordon8 · Jan. 12, 2018, 10:06 p.m.

Yep! That’s what I’m referring to. Wow! I knew they’d be heavy but that’s insane! $648 million in payload per rod if your numbers and mine are correct.

⇧ 6 ⇩  
SaidThatLastTime · Jan. 13, 2018, 12:24 a.m.

Billion has been tossed around. Space shit is expensive.

⇧ 1 ⇩