At The Cost Of $100 Billion, This Is The World's Most Expensive Man-Made Thing Ever

What could be the?world’s most expensive man-made thing? Perhaps a luxurious car, mansion, or yacht? Well, it's none of them.?

Which Is The World's Most Expensive Man-Made Thing?

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According to Guinness World Records, the most expensive man-made object ever created doesn’t even reside on Earth.?It’s in space. The International Space Station ranks in the Guinness Book of World Records as the most expensive thing ever created.?

What Is Its Cost??

As per the Guinness World Record, the ISS was built at a cost of $100 billion. However, as per some media reports, the total cost of creating it had gone up as high as $150 billion.

How Much Money Does It Take To Run It Every Year?

The International Space Station costs about?$3 billion–$4 billion per year for NASA?to operate.

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Who Built The International Space Station?

The ISS is not owned by one single nation and is a "co-operative programme" between Europe, the United States, Russia, Canada, and Japan.?

As per NASA, the station was designed between 1984 and 1993. The International Space Station Programme brings together international flight crews, multiple launch vehicles, globally distributed launch and flight operations, training, engineering, and development facilities, communications networks, and the international scientific research community.

ISS is a multi-nation construction project that is the?largest single structure humans have ever put into space. As per the Space.com report, its main construction was completed between 1998 and 2011, although the station continually evolves to include new missions and experiments. It has been continuously occupied since Nov. 2, 2000.

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