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Thursday, 13 December 2018

Virgin Galactic at the edge of space

The latest test flight by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic successfully rocketed to space and back. The firm's SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket ship reached a height of 82.7km, beyond the altitude at which space is said to begin.

The company said the space ship's motor burned for 60 seconds, travelling at 2.9 times the speed of sound as it gained height. The rocket carried two pilots and a mannequin named Annie as a stand-in passenger, as well as four research experiments for NASA. It did not breach the 100km Karman Line, where Earth's atmosphere ends.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46550862
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  1. Andres Soolo14 December 2018 at 02:21

    Isn't the conventional bottom of space at 100km?

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  2. Rhys Taylor14 December 2018 at 14:51

    It is. The actual headline say "edge of space".

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