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

[John Charles]

The simple question, "Where does space begin?" is too imprecise.
Dennis Jenkins has nicely explained both the physical variabilities
and the human foibles at
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/news/X-Press/stories/2005/102105_Schneider.html
(Oct. 21, 2005)--scroll down past the article to the "sidebar".

John Charles
Houston, Texas


On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 12:17 PM,  <Kosmos327 at aol.com> wrote:
> I would be inclined to think that was more of a prestige (or even
> propaganda) move on the part of NASA, with no universal value to the
> definition of where Space actually begins.
>
> Happy Cosmonautics Day!
>
> David L. Rickman
>
>
> In a message dated 4/12/2009 12:59:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> cwdonald at ix.netcom.com writes:
>
> 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