SLS weighs 10X Statue of Liberty

Mike Monett · 2022-04-08T13:50:55+00:00

Interesting to note NASA's Space Launch System, the first moon rocket in 50 years, weighs 10 times the Statue of Liberty. How much does SLS weigh? 5.75 million lbs 5.75e6/2000 = 2,875 tons NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, is ... Offering the highest-ever payload mass and volume ... feet tall, higher than the Statue of Liberty. How much does the Statue of Liberty weigh in total? 450,000 pounds 450e3/2000 = 225 tons The famed Statue of Liberty, located in New York harbor was officially dedicated on October 28, 1886. The Statue has a 35-foot waistline and weighs 450,000 pounds. Some facts: Total overall height from the base of the pedestal foundation to the tip of the torch is 305 feet, 6 inches.Which only goes to show, if you have enough thrust, you can make anything fly.However, the huge cost of the SLS may get the program canceled by congress:"Why NASA's Monster Moon Rocket Will Likely Be Cancelled" is pointless to go to the moon. Space travel is lethal to humans. Cosmic radiation and destruction of blood due to microgravity is fatal. Nobody is going to travel to Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto, or anywhere else. Colonies on the Moon have no purpose. Space stations are a waste of money. Manufacturing in zero gravity is too expensive and provides little benefit over manufacturing on earth. Low earth orbit is needed for GPS, communication, and earth observation, but these do not need humans for operation. Send robots, such as the solar probe. We can use VR to experience the trip.Spend the money, ingenuity, and effort on solving problems on earth. Global warming, pollution from fossil fuels, energy, conflict and violence, inequality, global health, poverty, and many other issues threaten the planet. These are much more important and demanding than sending a rocket into orbit. The problem is we don't know how to solve them, but we must to survive.