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The Space Shuttle weighed 165,000 pounds when empty. Its external tank weighed 78,100 pounds empty, and its two solid rocket boosters weighed 185,000 pounds empty each. The solid rocket booster hold about 1.1 million pounds of fuel. The external tank holds 143,000 gallons of liquid oxygen, 383,000 gallons of liquid hydrogen. The fuel weighs 20 times more than the Shuttle does. The fuel and the boosters and tank combined total 4.4 million pounds. Then add on 65,000 pounds if the Shuttle is a carry a payload.

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