[HippyLoggerBiker]

1kg = 2.2 Mlbs (Mercun pounds)

8584.64kg x 2.2 = 18,886.208 Mercun pounds

(of note: “Today, it costs $10,000 to put a pound of payload in Earth orbit.”)

$188,862,080 to get one “Rod of God” in to low Earth orbit

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/news/background/facts/astp.html

[ichabod1]

Like the numbers of mexican invaders, I used to work for NASA and they would toss that 10,000 per pound number around and that was 10 years ago. Imagine what that would be in todays funny money.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

1kg = 2.2 Mlbs (Mercun pounds)

Well, I did remember that a liter (1000ml) is about a quart, and that a ml of water weighs a gram....and a quart is two pints AND that a "pint's a pound, the world around." But I wasn't sure about the .2 part.

(of note: “Today, it costs $10,000 to put a pound of payload in Earth orbit.”) $188,862,080 to get one “Rod of God” in to low Earth orbit

Yup, yer Mercun tax dollars hard at work.

[TangoLimaSierra]

$188,862,080 to get one “Rod of God” in to low Earth orbit

Unless they are using some of that reverse-engineered space tech.

[reed13k]

Thanks Hippy...I was taking the better 1/2 out and about...

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

It ain’t real money til yer illion starts with a T.