[FPSPACE] Mike Melvill astronaut?

[Stefan Barensky]

Le 23/06/04 2:12, « Rui C. Barbosa » <rcb at netcabo.pt> a écrit :

>> In my opinion, these should not be mixed and no uniform list of cosmonauts
>> should exist. One should be for orbital spacecraft, another one for
> suborbital
>> rocket planes. In this second list, we can establish an arbitrary
> treshold, and
>> if X-15 used 50 statute miles, let's go with it and count SS1 as the 14th
> manned
>> suborbital flight.
>> 
> 
> This is a good idea, but why do we should use the 50 statute mile definition
> (a US Air Force definition)? Why don't we use the Federatin Aeronautique
> International definition of 100 km? This is a international organization so
> I think we should use this one.
> 

Yes, please, let's go metric. After all, it's the reference for 95% of the
world population. 

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Stefan Barensky
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