Correction for the weight of The Space Shuttle

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How heavy is 70 tonnes?

It's about as heavy as The Space Shuttle

The weight of The Space Shuttle is about 71 tonnes.

(for Endeavour, a.k.a. OV-105, a.k.a. Orbiter Vehicle-105) (empty weight, excluding main engines)

When empty, the space shuttle Endeavour weighs 71 tonnes. The shuttle's spacious cargo bay carried the Chandra X-ray Observatory into orbit in 1999 — a payload that weighed 20 tonnes.

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http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/resources/orbiters/endeavour.html 

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APA Style (7th Ed.)

The Measure of Things. (2023). Correction for the weight of The Space Shuttle. Retrieved September 30, 2023 from themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=weight&unit=tnsm&amt=70&i=65

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Chicago Style (17th Ed.)

"Correction for the weight of The Space Shuttle." The Measure of Things. 2023. https://themeasureofthings.com/correction.php?comp=weight&unit=tnsm&amt=70&i=65.

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