There are about 6 times 10^9 base pairs (bp) of nucleotides in every human diploid cell. What is the number of nucleotides as kilobase pairs(kbp)?

The soviet union beat the us to the first successful launch, with the october 4, 1957, orbiting of sputnik 1, and later beat the us to have the first human in earth orbit, yuri gagarin, on april 12, 1961. the "race" peaked with the july 20, 1969, us landing of the first humans on the moon with apollo 11

The  answer is 1 amu.