Current mass, 277.6 metric tons (612,000 pounds).
As new modules are added, it gains mass. By the time they finish it in 2010, it will weigh about 419.6 metric tons (925,000 pounds).
I was about to reuse the word, "weigh", but technically, the ISS is weightless, as it is in free fall. However, its mass is about ten times as much as a loaded cement truck.
if 150lbs you would weigh...
a lot of space.
Approximately $40 billion
The cost of the International Space Station is $150 billion US dollars.
5 million dollars
if 150lbs you would weigh...
a lot of space.
1%
Approximately $40 billion
The cost of the International Space Station is $150 billion US dollars.
5 million dollars
Astronauts that work and live and the international space station can have a salary anywhere from $65,000 to $141,000 a year depending on the years of service.
The International Space staion weighs 612,000 ounds!
1.7 billion hobos fartin to get to the moon
he payed $20 million to get t the international space station
The International Space Station will provide many advantages to space travel. Firstly, mankind will learn much new knowledge about living and working and space through the space station. This knowledge will be vital for future space exploration, such trips to other planets. Secondly, much new technology is being developed through the space station. Through the combination of research on the ground on how to develop the space station, and the research actually taking place on orbit, much new technology will be developed for use in future space flight. Thirdly, the International Space Station is bringing in a new era of international cooperation. Sixteen different countries are working to build the space station, including the US and Russia who once bitterly competed against each other during the Cold War. If man kind is ever going to establish a permanent residence on far-off destinations such as the moon and Mars, it'll take international cooperation.
Estimates place the value at around 30 to 40 MILLION dollars!!!!