Space Pasta VS. Earth Cow mystery SOLVED!

So here is how I solved the challenge and I hope that this is the answer that you were looking for.

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[raiwolf14]

i will eat both and i dont understand the question! what is it?

[ThePrincesska25]

@raiwolf14 The question is witch is more energy efficient; 1 earth cow or pasta imported from the moon.

[beckiezra]

Hm, I think you should have compared the same amount of cow and pasta. Maybe you accounted for that, I don't know how exactly you calculated things since you didn't show your work. If you're getting 262,000 lbs of pasta from the moon shouldn't you compare how much energy is needed to make 262,000 lbs of cow?

[ThePrincesska25]

@beckiezra The question stated that there was 1 earth cow and that there was the amount of pasta that could fit in a space ship that could go to the moon. But even if the amounts were the same it would remain that the earth cow is more energy efficient than the space pasta.

[stategrad350]

your explanation is very unclear... 200 trillion joules is to put what size shuttle on the moon, pick up the 200kg payload, and return? I suspect that the energy needed is MUCH larger than 200 terrajoules

[ThePrincesska25]

@stategrad350 Well my source didn't specify and if you can give me an exact number and a website or two to back up your theory I would gladly believe you. But even if this is true it only means that the earth cow is even more efficient than the space pasta.

[ThePrincesska25]

@AKshortBOY Well on the wikipedia page it said that the Saturn V could carry 262K lbs of cargo not including the lander But that just further proves that the earth cow is more efficient.

[ThePrincesska25]

@Kotahgreen118 About 5' 8" and thank you.

[AKshortBOY]

First, you said 262K lbs of payload for a Saturn V rocket. That is inaccurate, keep in mind that to get to the Moon, you take a lander, which leaves a stage behind on the moons surface. So the payload is actually minuscule on the return journey. Something like 200kg at the max.

[Kotahgreen118]

you are very smart,

and a curiosity question! How tall are you?