>>13754145The cost per kg to orbit is retardedly high but you also have to consider that every single component and module was built to the highest oldspace standards, or in other words is engineered and built in such a way that it costs the same as its equivalent weight in gold.
After writing that paragraph, I went and checked what the current cost of gold is and the mass of the ISS.
As of today, 15/10/2021, gold is worth US$56855.38.
The ISS has a mass of 440,725 kg.
The ISS is more valuable than its weight in gold.
what the fuck
