Assessing the Environmental Impact of SpaceX's Starship Rocket.
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SpaceX's Starship rocket is almost 100 feet taller than the Statue of Liberty when fully assembled. It's the tallest and most powerful rocket ever built, generating about 17 million pounds of thrust. The rocket is designed to be fully reusable, including the booster, and uses stainless steel for its body. Elon Musk plans to use Starship to take humans to the moon and Mars, and NASA has teamed up with SpaceX for future crewed missions.
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