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89615kg 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.h
by lysol 14y ago
89615kg 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.