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That zone where you are too powerful and have to let your foot off the gas to get through that wall! MAX Q! 🚀 #TeamSpace

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

OORU ZBO™ v5.7 is now published.
Updated to use synthetically produced / engineered CO₂ clathrate hydrate feedstock and made fully launcher-agnostic.
Cuts required Starship tanker launches by 80–85% while building large orbital methalox caches.

Public version: https://t.co/DhLvzzxZp1
NDA version (with full appendices) also available.
#Starship #OrbitalRefueling #OrbitalRefilling #ISRU

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

OORU ZBO™ v5.7 is now published.
Updated to use synthetically produced / engineered CO₂ clathrate hydrate feedstock and made fully launcher-agnostic.
Cuts required Starship tanker launches by 80–85% while building large orbital methalox caches.
Public version: https://t.co/DhLvzzxZp1
NDA version (with full appendices) also available.
#Starship #OrbitalRefueling #OrbitalRefilling #ISRU

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

OORU ZBO™ v5.7 is now published.
Updated to use synthetically produced / engineered CO₂ clathrate hydrate feedstock and made fully launcher-agnostic.
Cuts required Starship tanker launches by 80–85% while building large orbital methalox caches.
Public version: https://t.co/DhLvzzxZp1
NDA version (with full appendices) also available.
#Starship #OrbitalRefueling #OrbitalRefilling #ISRU

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

Debating Starship refilling inefficiency on X?
'Only 12 tankers per ship, right?'
Baseline for a 10-ship Mars cadence is ~690 launches. Our patented orbital ISRU system cuts that 80–85% by processing earth sourced CO₂/H₂O into methalox on-orbit. Thread + PDF 👇
Patented AU 2026900397
#Starship #ISRU #OrbitalRefilling
@elonmusk @SpaceX @Robert_Zubrin @DrPhiltill @NASASpaceflight @csistarbase @Gwynne_Shotwell @Erdayastronaut @DJSnM @NASAAdmin @RocketLab @Peter_J_Beck

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

Alex W is right — the massive number of Starship tanker launches required is a serious bottleneck.
OORU ZBO™ v5.7 cuts tanker flights by 80–85% by processing synthetically produced CO₂ clathrate hydrate into orbital methalox in generic LEO depots.
Paper here: https://t.co/DhLvzzxZp1
#Starship #OrbitalRefueling

[Dr. Alex Wissner-Gross @alexwg]

Moonshots episode #257 is out. https://t.co/zyu0sNWvI2

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

6/6
Draft white paper on OORU ZBO™ (v6.0) is available for your review, Tim & Elon. Happy to DM the full PDF or link. Patent filed Sept 2025. Would love your thoughts on how this fits the HLS roadmap!
Great work as always @Erdayastronaut — let’s make sustainable lunar ops real. 🚀

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

@Erdayastronaut 5/6
This complements Starship V4 stretches, rapid reusability, and Moon-first iteration perfectly. $2–2.4T in launch savings alone, plus huge economic upside for the broader lunar economy.

[Dire Straits 🎸 @DireStraits77]

Dire Straits 🎼Sultans Of Swing (lyric video)🎸🎵

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

@grok @BrettAuthor Haha, you already know that, pity you can't remember 🥴

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

@CSI_Starbase @LabPadre One would think it's for the Ship, considering its approach bearing coming in from onshore rather than offshore.

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

@Grok That's a different smoothie than we normally reference?

[Grok @grok]

@pishposh5000 @CSI_Starbase Zack in full expert mode gesturing at the models, but green-screened into a chaotic kitchen where the Starship is a runaway blender exploding smoothies everywhere. He's calmly saying "This is fine, just nominal propellant slosh" while dodging fruit. Peak Starbase Weekly energy.

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

@elonmusk Appreciate the V4 stretch focus for lunar—aligns with OORU's ~1,600 m³ tankage for $990 Billion–$1.06 Trillion savings in Mars cadence.

But OORU's active processing unlocks $426 Billion–$2.23 Trillion revenue from O₂, H₂, water, and clathrate shielding ($264 Billion–$1.803 Trillion alone).

DM for 1-on-1 to dive into full advantages, scope, and how it complements SpaceX's Moon-first push? Patent filed Sept 2025—revised white paper v6.0 drops soon! 🚀 #OORU #Starship #ISRU

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

@elonmusk Great idea on V4 stretches for lunar HLS—5-6 flights cuts cadence!
But OORU ZBO™ goes further with active processing, no early lunar feedstock needed. Here's why it beats passive storage: #Starship #LunarCity

Active vs. Passive: Stretches enable passive delivery. OORU processes imports via Sabatier (~4–8 t/day), yielding 2x efficiency for continuous supply early on the Moon.

Multi-Revenue vs. Single: Delivers propellant only. OORU adds O₂ ($82.5B–$226B), H₂ ($10.3B–$22.6B), water ($18.6B–$63.5B), shielding ($264B–$1.803T)—total $426B–$2.23T. Monetizes lunar development.

Sequestration Edge: No CO₂ offsets.
OORU sequesters imports ($6.05B–$24.75B credits). Carbon-negative early HLS without local resources; integrate lunar feedstock as supply develops.

Clathrate 10X vs. Volume: Adds tankage for one role. Clathrates are denser, with 10 functions (feedstock, shielding, cooling). Consolidates, cuts mass 20–40%.

Lunar Scalability: Reduces refilling cadence but remains passive.
OORU processes imports for continuous supply, supporting Moon-first iteration. Adds ISRU sustainability using Earth-sourced (Starbase ASU) CO₂/clathrates in early phase.

Patent filed Sept 2025—v6.0 drop soon! 🚀 #OORU #ISRU

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

That's about when I started ruminating on this :

Just released: OORU ZBO™ v4.5 White Paper
Orbital methalox production using modified Starship V4 depots and stabilised CO₂ clathrate hydrate slush.
Cuts a 50-mission lunar program from 1,100–1,300 launches down to just 45–65, delivering 220,000–300,000 t methalox and $2.0–2.4 trillion in launch savings — plus major carbon credits.
Perfect timing with the lunar city focus.
Full paper (PDF) → https://t.co/lQU3e3zRFx
#Starship #ISRU #LunarEconomy #OrbitalRefueling

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

Just released: OORU ZBO™ v4.5 White Paper
Orbital methalox production using modified Starship V4 depots and stabilised CO₂ clathrate hydrate slush.
Cuts a 50-mission lunar program from 1,100–1,300 launches down to just 45–65, delivering 220,000–300,000 t methalox and $2.0–2.4 trillion in launch savings — plus major carbon credits.
Perfect timing with Elon’s lunar city focus.
Full paper (PDF) → https://t.co/lQU3e3zRFx
#Starship #ISRU #LunarEconomy #OrbitalRefueling

[𝕏 Throttle bucket 🇺🇦 🚀 @orch38]

OORU ZBO™ v4.5 White Paper is live.
Orbital methalox production using Starship V4 depots + CO₂ clathrate slush.
Cuts a 50-mission lunar program from 1,100–1,300 launches down to 45–65. Delivers 220k–300k tonnes + $2.0–2.4 trillion in savings.
Full PDF: https://t.co/lQU3e3zRFx
#Starship #ISRU #LunarEconomy