Did you know if costs $450 million for a single shuttle mission? Or that the shuttle carries 835,958 gallons of fuel at liftoff? Thats 1,607,185 pounds of fuel!
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How many bird strikes happen to airplanes? According to the Federal Aviation Administration, there have been about 500 since the year 2000. Out of those 500 collisions, about 166 had to make an emergency landing. Bird strikes are estimated to cost around $600 million annually in plane damage.
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