A spacecraft of the Trade Federation flies past the planet Coruscant at a speed of 0.600c. A scientist on Coruscant measures the length of the moving spacecraft to be 74.0 m. The spacecraft later lands on Coruscant, and the same scientist measures the length of the now stationary spacecraft. What value does she get?

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