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SpaceX stacks the full Starship launch system for the first time, standing nearly 400 feet tall

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Space X Starship が 発射全搭載型の最初のお目見えです!全高400feet (400-feet  tall と表記)、読者諸氏は、米国のヤードポンド法(メートル法標準ではない)表記を未だ慣習としていますが、メートル法に換算出来ますか?

1ft は 30.48cm で 400feetは?(約121.92m)になりますね!米国でもずいぶん昔にメートル法が施行されてはいるのですが、未だにフィートやポンドが使われています...
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SpaceX has achieved another major milestone in its Starship fully reusable launch system: It stacked the Starship spacecraft itself on top of a prototype of its Super Heavy booster, which itself is loaded up with a full complement of 29 Raptor rocket engines, and the Starship on top has six itself. The stacked spacecraft now represents the tallest assembled rocket ever developed in history.

This stacking, which happened at SpaceX’s development site in south Texas, is a significant development because it’s the first time the two elements of the full Starship system have been united as one. This is the configuration that will be used for launching the next Starship prototype on its test mission that will hopefully achieve orbit.