Virgin Galactic planned to take three Italian researchers to the edge
of space within weeks. During its maiden flight on July 11,
SpaceShipTwo reached a maximum altitude of 86 kilometers.
Virgin Galactic planned to take three Italian researchers to the edge Wv>AH> of space within weeks. During its maiden flight on July 11,
SpaceShipTwo reached a maximum altitude of 86 kilometers.
And it's debatable if that is really space. Some draw the line at 100 km, but of course that is also an arbitrary limit...
Wilfred,
Virgin Galactic planned to take three Italian researchers to the ed Wv>AH> of space within weeks. During its maiden flight on July 11,
SpaceShipTwo reached a maximum altitude of 86 kilometers.
And it's debatable if that is really space. Some draw the line at 100 but of course that is also an arbitrary limit...
My former boss at Belgacom flew on space Shuttle Atlantis STS-45 in a
not too high orbit just outside the atmosphere and he explained to me
that while it is considered "space", there still is micro-gravity and friction.
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