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Facebook bought Instagram for as much money as it would take to put something like 112 '69 Volkswagon Beetles into low earth orbit. Now maybe that is an isolat
by burgerbrain 14y ago
Facebook bought Instagram for as much money as it would take to put something like 112 '69 Volkswagon Beetles into low earth orbit.
Now maybe that is an isolated incident, but I'm not so sure.
- lysol 14y ago89615kg to LEO (kg converted from curb weight of 112 '69 Beetles[1]) would actually cost 1,613,076,070 dollars[2]. [1]: http://www.1800vw.bizhosting.com/1969.htm http://www.1800vw.bizhosting.com/1969.htm [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_... Cost per kg from here
- molsongolden 14y agoNot if you use a SpaceX Falcon 9. edit: A quick search turned up a cost of less than $5,500/kg to LEO so it would only cost $492,882,500!
- IanDrake 14y agoPricing everything in the number of times you could rocket to space seems like "the next" Internet meme. Great for SpaceX for achieving that, but it's really not a measuring stick for value.
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- burgerbrain 14y agoNot a measuring stick for value, no. But certainly a measuring stick for "expensive as hell".
- burgerbrain 14y agoIndeed I was using SpaceX Falcon 9 numbers. Looks like I botched my math though.