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LEO (300-1500km) is much higher than the apparent 60,000 ft altitude of this balloon (18km).
by bagels 4y ago
LEO (300-1500km) is much higher than the apparent 60,000 ft altitude of this balloon (18km).
- humanizersequel 4y agoI'm mildly embarrassed to say I didn't even notice the discrepancy in units. Obviously, 200,000 ft (or 300k, but 200 was the figure I saw first) isn't really plausibly high enough to constitute orbit.