[FPSPACE] Quantum Limit.com: Now We Know - The Final FrontierBegins At 73 Miles

[Chuck Donaldson]

NASA presented "Astronaut Wings" to X-15 pilots who were considered to have
gone "into space" after some of the highest flights by X-15 test pilots.

So I would say that NASA has officially designated "space" and where it
begins.

 

cwdonld

 

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If one is venturing to the final frontier, it would be nice to know where it
actually begins. Space has a definition - it is that point where the earth's
atmosphere officially ends and the vacuum of space officially begins. In
aerodynamic terms, it is that point where there is no longer any lift on
aerodynamic structures - such as the wings of aircraft. 


NASA has a true need to know where this is for the purposes of piloting the
Space Shuttle - and their equations define the boundary layer at 62 miles
and the shuttle's performance is plenty good with this definition. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://chamberland.blogspot.com/2009/04/now-we-know-final-frontier-begins-at
-73.html

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