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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1691159" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>Both of those are more like the 'edge' of space than what is generally considered 'space'.</p><p>The defining line between the Earth with it's atmosphere and 'space' is the Karman Line, which is 54 nautical miles or 62 statute miles, or 100km, or 330,000 feet) above mean sea level. </p><p></p><p>Branson in Virgin Galactic, a winged airplane, went only 53.5 miles up. </p><p>Bezos' Blue Origin is designed to go exactly 62 miles up, TO the Karman Line, stay there just a few (approx 3) minutes and then return to Earth. </p><p>'Technically' it's space but neither of the vehicles has or requires a robust heat shield, tho Bezos' New Shepard crew capsule does have minimal heat shielding.</p><p></p><p>There have been several manned aircraft that have passed the 62 mile Karman Line. X-15 did it in 1962, and twice in 1963 and Burt Rutan's Space Ship1 did in 2004. </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_altitude_record[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1691159, member: 18945"] Both of those are more like the 'edge' of space than what is generally considered 'space'. The defining line between the Earth with it's atmosphere and 'space' is the Karman Line, which is 54 nautical miles or 62 statute miles, or 100km, or 330,000 feet) above mean sea level. Branson in Virgin Galactic, a winged airplane, went only 53.5 miles up. Bezos' Blue Origin is designed to go exactly 62 miles up, TO the Karman Line, stay there just a few (approx 3) minutes and then return to Earth. 'Technically' it's space but neither of the vehicles has or requires a robust heat shield, tho Bezos' New Shepard crew capsule does have minimal heat shielding. There have been several manned aircraft that have passed the 62 mile Karman Line. X-15 did it in 1962, and twice in 1963 and Burt Rutan's Space Ship1 did in 2004. [URL unfurl="true"]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_altitude_record[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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