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He's not really going to space though is he?
by vntok 5y ago
He's not really going to space though is he?
- awestroke 5y agoNope. Both Richard and Jeff are playing with suborbital flights.
- fastball 5y agoNot really accurate. Most people consider space to be above the Karman line, which both flights will indeed surpass. Virgin Galactic by NASA's definition (50mi+), Blue Origin by FAI definition (100km+). Yes, neither are orbital flights, but achieving orbit is not so much about distance from earth as it is about your tangential velocity. Said another way: both flights will be entering the same "-sphere" as the ISS, the thermosphere. This is above the other spheres you typically hear about, like the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere.
- ilogik 5y agothey are both going to space. but not in orbit. Yes, one is only going 80km up, for all intents and purposes, that's space
- nodejs_rulez_1 5y agoAm I in space on my couch right now? Like on a super-low geostationary orbit?