To write a rhyming poem, brainstorm words from a particular word family and build your poem around these. You can find examples of words in the most common word families here. For example, for summer poems you might use the word family -un (sun, fun, run, bun) or -ot (hot, spot, forgot, plot).
Report Abuse. Estimates I have heard say that is costs $10,000US per pound of weight just to get the craft into orbit. If you consider that the average astronaut weighs in at 150 pounds, and you can have up to 7 people riding that comes out to $10,500,000 in just weight of passengers.The launch vehicle (shuttle, external tank, solid rocket boosters, plus payloads) can weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds...ouch, that's a lot of money.f you consider that the average astronaut weighs in at 150 pounds, and you can have up to 7 people riding that comes out to $10,500,000 in just weight of passengers. The launch vehicle (shuttle, external tank, solid rocket boosters, plus payloads) can weigh hundreds of thousands of pounds...ouch, that's a lot of money.
Cost: NASA's figures for the first 20 missions (1981-85) showed an average cost of $257 million. STS-27 military mission cost to NASA in Dec-1988 was reported at $375 million. Constuction cost is about $1.3-2 billion per orbiter (each capable of &gt100 missions).Performance: OV-103/104/105 can deliver 24,990 kg into 204 km LEO; they are called 55K Orbiters because of their 55,100-pound capacities (the design goal was 65K).onstuction cost is about $1.3-2 billion per orbiter (each capable of &gt100 missions). Performance: OV-103/104/105 can deliver 24,990 kg into 204 km LEO; they are called 55K Orbiters because of their 55,100-pound capacities (the design goal was 65K).