The Space Needle, located in Seattle, Washington, was built in 1962 for the Century 21 Exposition, aka. the 1962 Worlds Fair. Construction work began on 17 April 1961 and it was open for business on 21 April 1962.
As a 1962 World's Fair feature.
4.5 million in 1961 dollars
21 million
It was completed in April 1962 at a cost of $4.5 million, I'm not sure how much that would be in terms of amount today.
2,000 dollars
2,000,000
It cost an average of around 450 Million Dollars to launch a Space Shuttle. Also, the Space Shuttle itself can cost 1.7 Billion Dollars.
It cost about 35 billion dollars to explore space.
The space needle cost 111.7 billion dollars to build (or maybe $21 million original construction? (See Wikipedia). You will probably need to pay to ride the elevator to the top. This web site looks like the place for the cost of a ticket, but I don't see it. [http://www.spaceneedle.com/] It seems like I payed around $15 a long time ago.
I don't think any tourist have gone for a ride in space but it will cost about $240 to go to space. But there is also food, clothing, water, and other suppiles if want it but you can't live with out food.
The foundation of the Space Needle weighs 5,850 tons. The structure weights another 3,700 tons.
It weighs 5850 tons.
It was completed in April 1962 at a cost of $4.5 million, I'm not sure how much that would be in terms of amount today.
In the shop needles cost 6 pence how much pence would it be to buy 1 needle?
7.5 million
It was the contents of 467 concrete trucks that filled a 30 foot by 120 foot reinforced concrete pad that weighs 5,850 tons including 250 tons of rebar,
It is difficult to determine how much an average construction costs since the cost varies by what type of toy is purchased. Construction toys can cost less than $25.00 or more than $200.00, depending upon what is purchased.
The cost of a gym construction would depend on how large a gym you want. There are too many variables.
A space ship suit cost about 10 million dollars !!
The average cost of a space shuttle mission is $450 million