[2.1.8] Cannot transfer nukes or rocket silos between space platforms

[zombieseatflesh7]

SETUP:
With the addition of inter-platform logistics, I wanted to try manufacturing nukes and rocket silos in space to send them interplanetary.
I set up an orbital factory floor over nauvis that produces nukes and rocket silos, and I created another transport vessel.

THE PROBLEM:
I cannot request items >1 ton to be delivered to my transport ship, as "This item weight exceeds the rocket capacity".

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WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN:
I should be able to request items >1 ton to be delivered from other space platforms!!!

SIDE NOTE:
The save file was created using creative mod, however you do not need it to load the world.

[danbopes]

If they can't be sent up to space via shuttle, what makes you think they can fit into cargo pods?

I'd say this is working as intended.

[zombieseatflesh7]

If they can't be sent up to space via shuttle, what makes you think they can fit into cargo pods?

I'd say this is working as intended.

They CAN fit in the cargo pod, because you can drop them down from space to the ground. ALSO, buildings >1 ton CAN be delivered between space platforms as part of construction requests. although, this requires modding in a building >1 ton.
Furthermore, you can do the same thing by just assembling the items directly on the transport ship, which i DO in 2.0 to bring rocket silos to planets when i go there for the first time. It isn't game breaking to allow moving items >1 ton between platforms.
To not allow specifically moving items >1 ton between platforms in this manner, seems really inconsistent to me. It seems like a bug.

[evanrinehart]

the lore expressed by the rocket capacity tooltips is a rocket can only lift so much weight into orbit. If you stretch your imagination you could also believe a cargo pod doesn't have the delta V to get between orbits holding a rocket silo, but can somehow survive a landing. Either way it's not about volume in the pod or the rocket.

Nukes were disallowed for balance but it means brain canon says they are ridiculously heavy

[zombieseatflesh7]

Upon further testing, after modding in a rocket silo big enough to launch up a nuke, I can now transfer nukes between my space platforms, regardless of whether or not I actually build said bigger rocket silo...
Why does the hypothetical existence of a bigger rocket silo affect the cargo pods? only wube knows.
It seems like my only choice will be to mod in a 1000 ton unobtainable rocket silo.