While they are those physical pods, that cannot be dropped, the idea sounds good. Any item or such droppable stuff can be exploited for the money, between Sirius and Altair, as there is a shortcut way.
They are "Spoilers" for some reason But well, you can open them by clicking on them, with the mouse... if nothing is appearing, that means you are using an old Internet Explorer browser, or don't have a proper JAVA installed, or such.