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
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.
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.
Unless they are using some of that reverse-engineered space tech.
Thanks Hippy...I was taking the better 1/2 out and about...
It ain’t real money til yer illion starts with a T.